Vaccinations Autumn/Winter 2025

Please note that the eligibility criteria to get a Covid vaccine has changed from previous Autumn campaigns, so please check to see if you are eligible before booking or you may be turned away. COVID-19 is more serious in older people and in people with certain underlying health conditions, therefore people falling within the following criteria are being offered an additional Covid vaccine this Autumn:

• People aged 75 years and over
• People aged between 18 and 64 years who are Immunosuppressed, Click here for specific criteria.
• Care home residents

If you are unsure whether you are eligible for the booster, call 01787 277315 to speak to a member of staff.

Influenza is more serious in older people and in people with certain underlying health conditions. For this reason, people falling within the following criteria are being offered a vaccine this Autumn:

• People aged 65 years and over
• People aged between 18 and 64 years who are clinically at risk (see below)
• People with lowered immunity
• All pregnant women, at any stage of pregnancy
• People living in a residential or nursing home
• Carers
• Frontline health or social care workers

Clinically at risk groups include:

• a heart problem
• a chest complaint or serious breathing difficulties, including bronchitis, emphysema or some people with asthma (needing a steroid inhaler or tablets)
• a kidney disease
• lowered immunity due to disease or treatment (such as steroid medication or cancer treatment)
• liver disease
• a stroke or a transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
• diabetes
• some neurological condition, such as multiple sclerosis (MS) or cerebral palsy
• a learning disability
• a problem with your spleen, such as sickle cell disease, or you have had your spleen removed
• being seriously overweight (BMI>40)
• Click here for more information

If you are unsure whether you are eligible for the vaccine, call 01787 277315 to speak to a member of staff.

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) mostly causes cold-like symptoms, but some groups such as the elderly and very young children can experience more serious infections. For this reasons people falling within the following groups are being offered the RSV vaccine:

• People aged 75 to 79 years of age
• Women who are at least 28 weeks pregnant – getting the vaccine as soon as possible from 28 weeks will give the best protection to your baby, but can be given up until labour

Clare Pharmacy

31 High Street
Clare
Suffolk CO10 8NY