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Child flu clinics for 2-3 year olds, clinic date to be advised
We recommend flu and pneumonia vaccinations as advised by the Department of Health and for patients who suffer from a long term chronic condition.
The injectable flu vaccine will continue to be offered to those aged 50 and over, pregnant women, carers and adults and babies (aged six months to two years) with a long-term medical condition.
The nasal spray flu vaccine is also for children aged two to 17 who are “at risk” from flu, such as children with long-term health conditions. Some of these children will be offered two doses of the vaccine.
We recommend if you are in the eligible group for a free vaccination that you should at the very least give the flu vaccination serious consideration and also that if you are having the flu jab to do so at the earliest opportunity. We provide a link to answers for many of the common questions referred to below, see under
Many people understandably have a large number of questions about flu and also the flu vaccination. Many of these questions are answered in the
The information centre answers questions on eligibility
If you are not part of the eligible group for a free vaccination, you can still get a flu vaccination from your local pharmacist, but you will have to pay for this.
The information centre answers questions on catching flu
There is information on what signs and symptoms to look out for with sepsis, an uncommon but serious complication of flu, see under
If any videos or podcasts are available on the flu vaccination they can be found under “vaccinations” in the section “wellbeing and disease prevention” on the page