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Flu & COVID19 vaccine clinics 2024

Updated: Nov 7, 2024

From September 2024 Flu, COVID19 and pneumococcal vaccines are now available.


We will run walk in clinics Monday to Thursday at 12 noon

for adults & children.


No appointment needed.

Please wear short sleeves.



You can get a free flu vaccine if you are:

  • age 60 and older

  • age 2 to 17

  • a healthcare worker

  • pregnant

  • living in a nursing home or other long-term care facility

  • in regular contact with pigs, poultry or waterfowl

  • someone with a health condition that puts you at higher risk of flu (age 6 months and older)

  • living with someone who has a health condition that puts them at higher risk of flu

  • a carer for someone who has a health condition that puts them at higher risk of flu


Health conditions that put you at higher risk of flu

People with these conditions can get a free flu vaccine:

  • chronic heart disease, including acute coronary syndrome

  • chronic liver disease

  • chronic kidney failure

  • chronic respiratory disease, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis, moderate or severe asthma, or bronchopulmonary dysplasia

  • chronic neurological disease including multiple sclerosis, hereditary and degenerative disorders of the central nervous system

  • diabetes

  • Down syndrome

  • haemoglobinopathies

  • a body mass index (BMI) over 40

  • immunosuppression due to disease or treatment (including asplenia or hyposplenism, and cancer)

  • children with a moderate to severe neurodevelopmental disorder such as cerebral palsy

  • children on long-term aspirin therapy

  • any condition that can compromise respiratory function, like spinal cord injury, seizure disorder or other neuromuscular disorder, especially people also attending special schools or day centres

 
 
 

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