Spring 2024 Covid Vaccinations

This spring, Alwoodley Medical Centre will be providing free Covid vaccinations for eligible patients. Please read the below information carefully.

We will be offering Covid vaccines to:

• All patients who are 75 years and over
• Patients aged 18 – 74 years who are clinically “at risk”
• All patients living in an older peoples’ care home (irrespective of age).

For full details of this season’s Covid eligibility please see the Green Book guidance.

(Under 18s – we will not be able to offer Covid vaccines to any eligible under 18 year olds. These patients will need to book to have their Covid vaccine via the National Booking System).

Covid Clinics at Alwoodley Medical Centre

All patients 75 years and over and eligible 18 – 74 year olds (who are immunosuppressed) will be invited to Alwoodley Medical Centre to have their vaccine at one of our Covid vaccination clinics.

Booking Your Covid Jab

• Via a text message (from the Surgery) – eligible patients who have registered their mobile number with us will receive a text message with a link allowing them to book directly into one of our clinics from the text.
• Via NHS APP by bookin into a Covid Booster OVER 75 YRS.
• Patients without a registered mobile number will be sent a letter directing them to book via calling Alwoodley medical centre on 0113 393 0119.
• Dress – patients need to make sure they wear appropriate clothing to allow your upper arm to be easily accessed.

Care Home and Housebound Patients

The Surgery will ensure that all care home residents and housebound patients (75 and over or otherwise eligible) are offered the Covid vaccination. It is likely that we will provide vaccines to care home residents and housebound patients from mid-April to mid-May. We will contact our homes and all eligible housebound residents as soon as we know the dates we will be visiting.

Household contacts of the above are no longer eligible for a Spring vaccination.