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Flu Jab in Cambridge – Milton Road Pharmacy

Thank you for your interest in the flu vaccination service at Milton Road Pharmacy. The NHS flu vaccination service for season 2023/2024 will start on 11th of September as ruled by NHS England.

We are expecting to get flu vaccinations in the second week of September. We are now taking flu jab bookings.

What flu vaccinations do we offer?

We will be offering free NHS flu vaccination service to eligible patients and private service. For 2023/2024 the price of private flu jab will be £15 per vaccination. Private service is offered to children over 12 years of age and adults.

Free NHS flu jab in Cambridge

The following group of people are eligible for a free NHS flu jab (NHS England, 2022):

• patients aged 65 years or over (including those becoming age 65 years
  by 31 March 2024)
• adults aged from 18 to 64 years who fall into a ‘clinical risk’ category:
  • chronic (long-term) respiratory disease, for example, asthma that requires
    continuous or repeated use of inhaled or systemic steroids or with
    previous exacerbations requiring hospital admission; chronic
    obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or bronchitis
  • chronic heart disease and vascular disease, such as heart failure
  • chronic kidney disease at stage 3, 4 or 5
  • chronic liver disease
  • chronic neurological diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease or motor
    neurone disease,
  • learning disability
  • diabetes and adrenal insufficiency
  • asplenia or dysfunction of the spleen
  • a weakened immune system due to disease (such as HIV/AIDS) or treatment (such as cancer treatment)
  • morbidly obese adults with a BMI of 40kg/m2 and above
• Additionally:
  • all pregnant women
  • adult household contacts (aged 18 years and over) of immunocompromised individuals, who expect to share living accommodation on most days over the winter and, therefore, for whom continuing close contact is unavoidable
  • adults (aged 18 years and over) living in long-stay residential care homes or other long-stay care facilities, excluding prisons, young offender institutions, university halls of residence or boarding schools
  • adults (aged 18 years and over) who are in receipt of a carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an older or disabled person
  • frontline health and social care staff (aged 18 years and over) without employer-led occupational health schemes

How to book a flu jab?

Please go to our booking page .

Where to find us?

We are located on 123 Milton Road, CB4 1XE, Cambridge. It is possible to park a car for free in nearby streets: Oak  Tree Avenue, Highworth Ave, Arbury Road. Free parking is available directly in the front of the pharmacy.

References:

NHS England (2022). Inactivated influenza vaccine Patient Group Direction (PGD). Available at: https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/B1982-Inactivated-influenza-vaccine-patient-group-direction-september-2022.pdf Accessed on 07/09/2022