Beat the Wave: Local Urgency as Flu Cases Surge
Flu vaccine
From the Integrated Care Board Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire West
“Health leaders across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West have issued an urgent plea for eligible people to get their flu vaccine now. With flu cases already increasing rapidly nationwide and the worst of winter only weeks away, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB) is calling on people who are eligible – especially those at risk due to an existing condition – to get vaccinated without delay. Flu vaccine helps protect against flu which can be a serious or life threatening illness.”
Are you eligible?
From Staywell Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire West
Explains who is eligible for the annual flu vaccination and the Covid-19 vaccination programme
If you are not eligible should you buy a vaccine?
From the BBC
“Flu has come early this winter, and experts predict it could be a particularly nasty season because of a new mutated version of the virus which is circulating. The NHS has already sent out a “flu jab SOS” encouraging vulnerable people to get their free vaccination. But should you pay for a jab even if you are generally fit and healthy?”