Flu & Covid-19

We will be running our flu and covid-19 booster vaccination programme across our sites as we did very successfully last year.

Weekend Flu & Covid Clinics:

• Saturday 5th October – Markyate and Berkhamsted
• Saturday 12th October – Chapel Street and The New Surgery
• Saturday 2nd November – Markyate
• Saturday 9th November – Berkhamsted and Chapel Street

Weekday Flu & Covid Clinics:

• Wednesday 23rd October – The New Surgery
• Tuesday 12th November – The New Surgery

We will contact people when it is their turn to book – please do not contact us until you have received your invite.

The practice is using self-book links to invite eligible patients, as we did last year. This means that patients who meet the criteria for vaccination will receive a SMS message inviting them to book an appointment online.

Patients who do not have a mobile number associated with their record, or those who do not wish to receive SMS messages from the practice, will start to receive their invite letters through the post shortly.

Unless there is a clinical indication, we do ask that patients who want both vaccinations to have them at the same time, as we have limited clinician availability and limited fridge space for vaccine storage for such a large cohort of patients, but we will try to accommodate where we can.

Should you need to contact us via telephone regarding booking your vaccination we ask that you please try and call in the afternoon.

For further information on eligibility please see below:

• Flu – Flu vaccine – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
• Covid Autumn Booster – https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2024/08/02/whos-eligible-for-the-2024-covid-19-vaccine-or-autumn-booster/

Covid-19 Updates

• Coronavirus: What you need to know – updates and answers to your frequently asked questions about the Covid-19 vaccination programme. 
• If you are pregnant and want advice regarding the COVID vaccine, please click the following link, Pregnancy and COVID-19 – NHS (www.nhs.uk).
• Further support on Long Covid can be found on the NHS Website: Long-term effects of COVID-19 (long COVID) – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
• For more information on testing for COVID-19 click HERE

Covid-19 Vaccination Record

Checking your COVID-19 vaccine record – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Tell the NHS about COVID-19 vaccinations you’ve had outside England – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Closure of the COVID Pass service

The NHS COVID Pass service will close on Monday 4 December 2023 and be unavailable to patients after this date.

There are no longer any domestic requirements to demonstrate vaccination status, and no countries require proof of COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of entry.