The 2024 Covid-19 spring / summer vaccination programme will begin vaccinating all eligible patients from 22nd April 2024 up until 30th June 2024.
Key Information:
- If you know you are eligible you do not have to wait to be invited, you can book on the National Booking System once it is open.
- Residents in older adult care homes and eligible housebound individuals will start to receive their vaccinations from Monday 15th April.
- People will be invited to have their spring vaccination around 6 months after their last dose, but it is possible to have the spring vaccine if the last dose was administered
with a minimum of 3 months in between vaccines. - Eligible individuals will be given a vaccine made by Pfizer or Moderna both have been approved for use in the UK. These vaccines have been updated since the
original vaccines and target a different Covid- 19 variant. These updated vaccines boost protection well and give slightly higher levels of antibody against the more
recent strains of Covid-19 (Omicron). - It is important that everyone who is eligible takes up the vaccine offer this spring. The current vaccines provide good protection against severe disease, hospitalisation, and
can protect those that are most vulnerable from death. - Anyone can check their eligibility and book online at nhs.uk/get-vaccine. People do not need to be invited to book your COVID spring vaccine.
- Walk-in vaccination clinics are open to all eligible cohorts and will be held across the city and counties throughout April, June and July 2024. The upcoming roving health unit (RHU) clinic list can be found here: Vaccinations – LLR ICB.
Where eligible people can get vaccinated in LLR:
- Immunosuppressed children aged 6 months to 18 years of age can only get vaccinated at the specialist clinic at the Leicester Royal Infirmary. Parents/guardians can check
eligibility of children by clicking here. - Adults 75 and over can get vaccinated at any of our bookable or walk-in clinics.
- Care home residents and housebound people will be contacted by the NHS.
How to get vaccinated in LLR:
- Check your eligibility or of anyone in your care by clicking here.
- Online bookings can be made on the national booking service website:
https://bit.ly/LLRBookVax - NHS 119 telephone service: You can call 119 free of charge to book over the phone if you cannot book online.
- LLR walk in finder: https://www.llrvaccinations.nhs.uk/
- LLR central booking telephone service – 0116 497 5700 option 1
- Roving health unit (RHU) – All upcoming walk-in clinics (no appointment necessary) can be viewed here: https://bit.ly/LLRVaccinations.
