Updates on our vaccination plans and progress in North Wales
October 23 2024
More than 50,000 of the most vulnerable people in North Wales have topped up their protection against COVID-19 with a booster vaccine since our winter programme began at the start of this month.
Our vaccination teams have visited almost all care homes in North Wales, and are continuing to contact housebound people to arrange vaccination in their homes.
We have now begun to welcome people to appointments at 24 vaccination centres across the health board area. Some eligible people have also received their COVID-19 booster vaccine at their GP surgery.
Our teams will deliver thousands of COVID-19 booster vaccines at appointments held every day throughout the rest of October, November and December.
Staff at our centres work to a tight schedule to deliver high numbers of vaccines during our clinics. We ask patients to attend the slot on their appointment letter if possible, and remind everyone with an appointment to arrive on time.
Arriving early leads to longer queues at our sites. We will not be able to offer your vaccination earlier than your appointment time because it can delay appointments for others.
In the coming weeks we will continue to send appointment letters to people aged 65 or over, and people aged under 65 who have a health condition which places them at greater risk from the COVID-19 virus. Appointments are being issued in order of clinical priority.
We encourage everyone who has received an appointment letter to check the date, time and location of their COVID-19 booster vaccination – and urge them to attend to maximise their protection against serious illness this winter.
If patients are unable to attend their appointment, they can rearrange by following the instructions on their letter.
More information about the COVID-19 booster vaccine, eligibility, and how to receive it is available here.
We also continue to encourage everyone eligible for the NHS flu vaccine to take up an invitation to receive it from their GP, or at a local community pharmacy.
We are particularly keen to remind parents of 2 and 3-year-olds that their children will be called to receive the painless nasal spray flu vaccine at their surgery, and to urge them to make sure they take up this offer for their child. Parents of school-aged children will be sent details about vaccination clinics to be held at their school.
More information about the flu vaccine, eligibility, and how to receive it is available here.
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