PRACTICE NEWS

We will be commencing annual flu vaccinations in late September. Initially we will be offering appointments to anyone aged 65 and over. From October we will be offering appointments to those aged 18 to 64 years with underlying medical conditions, pregnant women, health care workers and carers. We will also be offering nasal influenza vaccine for all children aged 2 to 17 from mid October. Please contact reception for an appointment.

Please check HSE information on eligible groups

https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/immunisation/pubinfo/flu-vaccination/about-the-vaccine/

A COVID vaccine booster programme has been announced. All those aged 80 and over who are six months post their second dose will be eligible. We hope to commence these vaccines on the 13th of October. We will contact eligible patients with an appointment time. Please do not to contact reception regarding your COVID booster vaccine.

https://www2.hse.ie/covid-19-vaccine/

We continue to experience a very high volume of phone calls during the COVID pandemic. Please be patient as our staff try to deal with all queries. If you have a medical emergency call 999.

In order to maintain levels of service to our current patients we are currently not in a position to accept new patients at this time.

Please use our on line ordering form for repeat prescription requests Prescription request

COVID 19 information can be found at hse.ie/coronavirus