Strong start to the vaccination season in the Midlands region

FROM 1 October, eligible people across the Midlands including those aged 65 and over, residents of care homes, adults with long-term conditions, carers, those who live with someone who has a weakened immune system, frontline social care workers, and health and social care staff have been able to get their free NHS flu vaccination to help protect themselves and those around them this winter.

- 

Early data for the Midlands shows a strong start with over 800,000 eligible people coming forward for the vaccine since the programme started on 1 September. Across the country, over two million people aged 65 and over have had the vaccine. The NHS is encouraging others who are eligible to do the same.

‘The flu vaccine helps protect against flu, which can be a serious or life-threatening illness. It's offered on the NHS every year in autumn or early winter to people at higher risk of getting seriously ill from flu.