Welcome to the latest of our weekly newsletters. We regard it as a priority that all patients at our Adlington, Buckshaw, Croston, Eaves Lane Chorley and Lostock Hall surgeries are kept fully informed of news and developments relevant to them. We hope these regular updates continue to prove useful.
Annual Flu Jab Clinics
Our annual flu vaccine clinics are running from Thursday, October 3.
These clinics are for our registered patients only and are appointment only. Please call your surgery to make an appointment.
Eligible categories are the over 65s and those under 65 who are in one of these categories: Pregnant, Carers, Frontline workers, Immunocompromised or a household contact of an immunocompromised person or suffer from one of the following chronic diseases -Diabetes, COPD, Asthma, Chronic heart disease, Vascular disease, Chronic kidney disease, Chronic liver disease.
Dates of Clinics are as follows.
Buckshaw Village Surgery: Thurs, Oct 3; Fri, Oct 4; Sat, Oct 5; Tues, Oct 8; Sat, Oct 12.
Adlington Medical Centre: Fri, Oct 4; Thurs, Oct 10.
The Village Surgery, Lostock Hall: Thurs, Oct 3; Mon, Oct 7; Fri, Oct 11.
Croston Medical Centre: Tues, Oct 8; Mon, Oct 14; Wed, Oct 16.
Eaves Lane Surgery: Wed, Oct 9; Fri, Oct 18.
Children's Flu Nasal Spray Clinics
This week, we have been running a series of clinics administering the above to children aged 2, 3 and 4 only which we are pleased to say have been well attended.
There’s still time for Eaves Lane Surgery patients to book appointments for tomorrow’s vaccination clinic. Please call our reception team to make an appointment.
More clinics at all our sites are being arranged in October. Please contact your own surgery for dates and booking details.
RSV Vaccinations
Our RSV vaccination programme is continuing over the coming weeks.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus is a common cause of coughs and colds but can be very serious for young people, especially babies, and the elderly and vulnerable.
The NHS programme will this Autumn be offering vaccines to pregnant women and adults aged 75-79, including those turning 75 on or after September 1 and those who turn 80 between August 1 this year and August 31, 2025.
Any of our patients who are 28 weeks pregnant onwards or who are in those older age categories are being contacted with regard to making an appointment.
If you are in one of these categories and have not so far been contacted, please call your surgery to make an appointment.
Thank You to our Patients
We would like to thank all our patients for their understanding when our surgery sites were closed for essential training which was delivered to NHS staff nationwide on Tuesday afternoon. It is much appreciated and we hope the training will help our continued efforts to provide the best service possible.