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Dr Keir Newsom Dr Marco Cecchini Dr David Sherwell Dr Jenny Ellis Dr Laura Wollaston Dr Charlie Woodhams Dr Amy Garrett Dr Sarah Donswijk

The Glebe Surgery The Glebe Storrington Pulborough West Sussex RH20 4FR   Tel  01903 742942

Autumn Booster Campaign 2023

Patients eligible for an autumn Covid booster:

• Residents in care homes for older adults
• All adults aged 65 years and over or 65 years before 31 March 2024
• People aged 6 months to 64 years in a clinical risk group.
• Frontline health and social care workers.
• People aged 12 to 64 years who are household contacts of people with immunosuppression.
• People aged 16 to 64 years who are carers. Those who are eligible for a carer’s allowance, or those aged 16 years and over who are the sole or primary carer of an elderly or disabled person who is at increased risk of COVID-19 mortality and therefore clinically vulnerable.

Patients eligible for the flu include:

• Patients in long stay residential care homes
• Patients aged 65 years and over
• Those aged 6 months to under 65 years in a clinical at risk group
• Pregnant women
• Carers
• Close contacts of immunosuppressed individuals
• Frontline health and social care staff (patient contact)
• Children aged 2 or 3 years on 31st August 2023
• Primary school children (reception to Year 6) and Secondary school children (Years 7-11) will be offered their vaccination as part of the School Immunisation Programme.

 Patients aged 50-64 years that are not in an at risk group/carer’s are not currently eligible. This may be subject to change following advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.