{"id":28416,"date":"2021-08-23T12:17:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T11:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/verwoodtoday.co.uk\/?p=28416"},"modified":"2021-08-23T12:17:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T11:17:08","slug":"drive-through-clinics-return-to-lake-road-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/drive-through-clinics-return-to-lake-road-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Drive-through clinics return to Lake Road surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winter Flu (Influenza) Vaccination Clinics will again take place as drive-through clinics at the Lake Road Verwood surgery site.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Vaccinations are being rolled out on a phased basis in line with national advice. <\/p>\n<p>The surgery is encouraging patients to book appointments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecranbornepractice.co.uk\/my-vaccination\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online<\/a> rather than over the phone to help with staffing. <\/p>\n<p><em>Currently scheduled Flu Vaccination Clinics are:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Sunday 12th September morning from 9am \u2013 for patients aged 65 and over<br \/>\n\u2022 Sunday 19th September morning from 9am \u2013 for patients aged 18 \u2013 64 who are in an eligible At-Risk Group, including pregnant women.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Health has confirmed the temporary measure to offer 50 to 64-year- olds the flu vaccine will apply again for Winter 2021\/22. Patients in this group are invited to book a slot at the 19th September clinic.<\/p>\n<p>This year, more than ever, it is crucial for as many eligible people as possible to take up the offer of a free NHS flu vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlu levels were extremely low globally in 2020 to 2021,\u201d says Dr Andy Levinson, GP Partner at the Practice. \u201c As a result, a lower level of population immunity against influenza is expected in 2021 to 2022. As social mixing and social contact return towards pre-pandemic norms, it is expected that this will be the first winter in the UK when seasonal influenza virus (and other respiratory viruses) will co-circulate alongside COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since 2013, influenza vaccination has been offered to children as a nasal vaccine through schools, although the Cranborne Practice will hold clinics later in the Autumn for children aged 2 \u2013 3 years in line with the phased programme. Details of clinic dates for 2 to 3 year-olds will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>For details of how to book a Winter Flu Vaccination and other vaccination services offered by the Practice, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myvaccination.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">myvaccination.co.uk.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter Flu (Influenza) Vaccination Clinics will again take place as drive-through clinics at the Lake Road Verwood surgery site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":28418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[94,95],"class_list":["post-28416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-verwood","tag-cranborne-practice","tag-lake-road-surgery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}