Swine Flu information for Practice patients
If you suspect you have swine flu you can contact us (or SERCO on 0845 2000 227
out of hours) or NHS direct on 0845 4647
Click here
for more information on Swine Flu We recommend the Swine Flu Vaccine,
especially for pregnant women!
*For your protection all the Doctors have received the Swine Flu vaccine*
This page is to inform our patients about Swine Flu and the vaccination
arrangements. It will be updated as we are supplied with more information.
12th Jan 2010
We are now booking appointments for children between 6 months and 5 years of age
who are not in the at risk groups described below. They must be born between 1st
Jan 2005 and 7th June 2009 to be eligible.
15th Dec 2009
We have been advised by the Cornwall Public Health Department that following
ongoing studies into the effects of Swine Flu vaccine, it has been decided to
simplify the vaccine policy for the under 5 year olds.
Previously all under 5 year olds were scheduled to have two doses of vaccine.
This has now changed and now only children who are immunosuppressed or who have
an immune deficiency should have two doses. Therefore some children may
have pre-arranged appointments cancelled.
10th December 2009
Children aged between 6 months and 5 years (born after 1st Jan 2005) who have no high risk conditions (see
below); We will be offering the swine flu vaccine to these children when we have
completed vaccinating the high risk group. We will announce on this website when
we are able to start making appointments. Until then please do not call the
surgery as our receptionists will not be able to provide appointments before
that time. 2nd
Dec 2009
We now have further stocks of vaccine
and so please phone for an appointment if you have had an invite or know you are
in one of the at risk groups.
6th
Nov 2009
All the vaccine that we have received
has been committed. If you receive a letter inviting you but have not yet booked
then please do not phone until late November, or monitor this page where updates
will be posted.
30th
Oct 2009
We have received our first batch of swine flu vaccine and plan to start our Swine Flu
vaccination clinics on 7th November 2009.
We will be inviting patients in priority groups according to instructions from
the Department of Health. If you are in one of the at risk groups described
below you are welcome to contact the surgery to book your
appointment but please call after 10am when the phones are less busy. We regret
that for now we cannot take bookings for patients not in the lists below.
The clinical risk groups (From the Chief Medical Officer) in order of priority are:
a. Individuals aged six months and up to 65 years in the current seasonal flu
vaccine clinical 'at risk groups' (see below)
b. Pregnant women
c. Household contacts of immunocompromised individuals
d. People aged 65 and over in the current seasonal flu vaccine clinical at risk
groups
At risk groups are patients with;
Coronary Heart Disease
Stroke or TIA
Diabetes
Chronic Respiratory Disease
Immunosuppressed
Chronic Degenerative Neurological Disease or MS
Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic Liver Disease
NHS Choices page for Swine flu information
NHS Choices page about Swine Flu in pregnant women
New Scientist article about Flu in pregnancy and
Swine flu myths (read if you are in doubt about having the vaccine)
HPA Swine Flu page
HPA Swine Flu page for the Public
Department of Health 'What you Need top Know about Swine Flu Vaccination'
Leaflet
Company information about the Swine Flu Vaccine (The patient information
leaflet (PIL) is temporarily not available as of 27 Oct 2009 pending revision
but should be available on this link when it is published again.)
Understanding some of the science of assessing vaccine risks Last update
18 February 2010 | 
