Please support Merepark – have your vaccines with us

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We order vaccines for all our eligible patients.

These vaccines help keep you well.

Each vaccine given allows us to invest in your surgery, providing a better service, with more staff and facilities for you and your family.

Merepark has appointments available now for flu and covid vaccine clinics.

Clinic dates:

  • Saturday 1st October 9am – 6pm for those 65 years and over or in a high-risk group
  • Saturday 29th October 9am – 6pm for all patients 50 and over as well as those in high-risk groups

Eligible patients can book their appointment by:

  • Telephoning the surgery
  • Emailing [email protected]
  • Walking into the surgery and booking with a receptionist
  • Responding to your text message invite- please state in your response if you would prefer a morning or afternoon appointment, a time will then be sent via text message

The vaccination team will contact all outstanding eligible patients offering an appointment. 

Eligibility for Influenza Vaccinations 2022-2023

  • those aged 50 years and overall children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2022
  • all primary school aged children (from reception to Year 6)
  • those aged 6 months to under 65 years in clinical risk groups
  • pregnant women
  • those in long-stay residential care homes
  • carers
  • close contacts of immunocompromised individuals
  • frontline staff employed by the following types of social care providers without employer led occupational health schemes:
  • a registered residential care or nursing home
  • registered domiciliary care provider
  • a voluntary managed hospice provider
  • Direct Payment (personal budgets) or Personal Health Budgets, such as Personal Assistants