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Spring COVID-19 booster programme
The Spring COVID-19 booster 2024 is available for eligible people in Northern Ireland from 15 April.
Vaccination continues to help protect against severe illness, hospitalisations and deaths from COVID-19.
Following advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the following groups will be offered COVID-19 vaccine this spring:
- adults aged 75 years and over
- residents in a care home for older adults
- individuals aged six months and over who are immunosuppressed
If you are eligible for vaccination against COVID-19, you will be contacted by the Practice.
HSC Trusts are also offering COVID-19 vaccines to eligible people.
Where to get your COVID-19 vaccine
If you are aged 75 years and over, you can get the COVID-19 vaccine from:
- your GP surgery
- a participating community pharmacy
- your HSC Trust
If you are aged 18 and over and are immunosuppressed, you can get the COVID-19 vaccine from:
- your GP surgery
- a participating community pharmacy
- your HSC Trust
If you are aged between six months and 17 years old and are immunosuppressed you can get the COVID-19 vaccine from your HSC Trust.
If you are a care home resident, you will be vaccinated by a community pharmacy within the care home.
If you are housebound and fall within an eligible group please inform the Practice so they can arrange for the HSC Trust team to carry out your vaccination.
Shingles Vaccination
Shingles is a painful infection that usually affects older people. In Northern Ireland there is a vaccination programme which can protect older people against shingles. You get the vaccine if you are eligible.
People who are eligible for the vaccine
The Practice will contact you and invite you for vaccination if you are in any of the following groups:
- aged 65 on 1 September 2023
- aged 70 on 1 September 2023
- aged 50 or over on 1 September 2023 and have a severely weakened immune system
You are still eligible for the vaccine during 2023 and 2024 if you haven't already received the vaccine and are aged between 71 and 79 (born between 2 September 1943 and 1 September 1953).
People aged 80 or over
The vaccine's effect diminishes with age, therefore people aged 80 or older aren't eligible to receive the vaccine.