Autumn/Winter Vaccinations – For more information, please click here
RSV Vaccinations
Eligibility
Patients aged 75 on or after the 1st September 2024 are eligible for the RSV vaccination. All women who are at least 28 weeks pregnant.
Invites
We are currently recalling all of our 79 & 80 year olds as part of a ‘Catch up programme’ to ensure these patients don’t miss out on their vaccination. We will invite other cohorts in due course.
For pregnant patients, please contact the surgery to be booked for your vaccination.
For more information on RSV, please visit: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV): symptoms, transmission, prevention, treatment – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Covid Vaccinations
Eligibility
Adults aged 65 years and over, residents in a care home for older adults, frontline NHS and social care workers, and those working in care homes for older people and individuals aged 6 months to 64 years in a clinical risk group (as defined in tables 3 or 4 in the COVID-19 chapter of the Green Book)
Invites
we are currently inviting patients for our Covid & Flu clinic on Saturday 26th October. Please wait for your invite before booking.
The vaccine we will be using this year is Pfizer.
For more information on the Covid vaccination, please visit: COVID-19 vaccine – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Flu Vaccinations
Eligibility
Pregnant women, those aged 65 years and over (including those who are 64 but will be 65 on or before 31 March 2025), those aged 18 years to under 65 years in clinical risk groups (as defined in the Green Book, Chapter 19 (Influenza)), residents in a care home for older adults, carers in receipt of carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person, close contacts of immunocompromised individuals, front line workers in a social care setting without employer led occupational health schemes.
Invites
We are currently inviting patients for our Covid & Flu clinic on Saturday 26th October. Please wait for your invite before booking.
Child Flu
Eligibility
All children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2024.
Invites
We are currently inviting eligible patients. Please wait for your invite before booking.
For more information on the Flu vaccine, please visit: Flu vaccine – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
111, Out of Hours and Emergencies
In life threatening emergencies such as chest pain and severe shortness of breath you should call 999
For health information and advice, or if you need medical help fast when we are closed, call 111 or visit NHS 111.
Anyone in need of urgent mental health support can dial 111 at any time and select the option for mental health crisis. You will be connected to the 111 contact centre where trained staff will provide appropriate support and advice 24 hours a day.
Extended Opening Hours
| Monday | 8.00am – 6.30pm (Enhanced Access available at Brackley Medical Centre 6.30pm – 8.00pm ask reception) |
| Tuesday | 8.00am – 6.30pm (Enhanced Access available at Brook Health Centre 6.30pm – 8.00pm ask reception) |
| Wednesday | 8.00am – 6.30pm (Enhanced Access available at Towcester Medical Centre 6.30pm – 8.00pm) |
| Thursday | 8.00am – 6.30pm (Enhanced Access available at Springfield Surgery 6.30pm – 8.00pm ask reception) |
| Friday | 8.00am – 6.30pm (Enhanced Access 6.30pm – 8.00pm On a Rota Basis – ask reception) |
| Saturday | CLOSED (Enhanced Access Open 9.00 am – 5.00 pm on a Rota Basis – ask reception) |
| Sunday | CLOSED |
These are primarily aimed at people who work and so if you have difficulty attending in normal hours, please ask for this service.
Please note that these appointments at Towcester Medical Centre are for pre-booked appointments only. There will be no telephone access
Local and NHS services
The surgery works in partnership with local and NHS service providers and groups.
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