Bangholm Medical Centre will not be running Flu vaccination clinics for 2022/23. Patients will receive an invitation letter from NHS Lothian and vaccines will be administered by the NHS Lothian Community Vaccination Team. For more information, please read below:

To book a flu vaccine, please visit: www.nhsinform.scot/wintervaccines or call 0800 030 8013 

If you need to cancel or rearrange your Flu booster appointment, please contact the helpline on your appointment invitation or the local enquiry line above.

If you have a confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, please don't attend your vaccination appointment. You can rearrange it online.

The flu vaccine is a safe and effective vaccine. It gives the best protection against flu.

The vaccine helps protect against the main types of flu viruses. There is still a chance you may get the flu despite having the vaccine, however, it is likely to be milder and not last as long.

Having the flu vaccine can also stop the spread of flu to others who may be at-risk. Flu can be serious and life-threatening, so getting vaccinated is the safest and most effective way to protect yourself.

The vaccine takes around 10 days to work and will help to protect you this flu season. You should get a flu vaccine every year as flu viruses constantly change and your immunity reduces over time. The flu vaccine can’t give you flu, but it can stop you catching it.

You'll be offered the flu vaccine this year if you're:

• aged 50 years or over (or will be by 31 March 2023)
• a resident or staff working in a care home for older adults
• a younger adult in long stay nursing and residential care settings
• a health or social care worker
• aged 6 months to 2 years with an eligible health condition
• aged 2 to 5 years not yet at school (children must be aged 2 years or above on 1 September 2022 to be eligible)
• a primary or secondary school pupil
• aged 5 to 49 years with an eligible health condition
• aged 5 to 49 years and are a household contact of someone with a weakened immune system
• an unpaid carer or a young carer
• pregnant
• nursery, primary or secondary school teacher or a pupil-facing support staff in local authority or independent setting
• part of the prison population, a prison officer, or support staff who delivers direct front-facing detention services