The second wave of Swine Flu has peaked and is now declining with most people coping well with the illness. A third wave is expected in the coming months and in preparation for this vaccination has been extended to those children between 6 months and 5 years of age. This is in response to the high rates of hospitalisation and respiratory illness in this age group. Over a quarter of all current swine flu hospitalisations are in children of a pre-school age and there have also been high rates of admission to critical care in this age group.
Please see the NHS website here for further information.
If you think that you should have been offered the vaccination because you are in an ‘at risk’ category or you are not ‘high-risk’ but would like to be on the list if sufficient supplies are available, please contact the surgery
