Last updated 15 September 2022
Autumn/Winter Covid-19 Vaccination Programme Information
Vaccinations are now under way in Stockport to help protect people against Covid-19 and flu, led by NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care (NHS GM) and Stockport Council
All adults aged 50, along with frontline health and social care workers, people aged 5 to 49 in a clinical risk group, and people aged 16 to 49 who are carers, are being invited to have the autumn/winter Covid-19 booster. The NHS is offering vaccination to those at greatest risk first.
People aged 65 and over, carers and pregnant women are now also able to book their autumn/winter Covid-19 booster through the national booking system.
This new booster targets more recent variants of Covid-19. Other than health and social care workers, everyone who is eligible will receive a letter from the NHS. They will then be either contacted by their GP or be able to book into the local vaccination clinics in Stockport, as well as just call into the One Stockport Hub where there are a limited number of walk-in appointments available.
Plans are already underway for General Practices across Stockport to vaccinate care home residents and people who are housebound. Those people will be contacted by their GP direct.
There’s a range of Covid-19 vaccination options in Stockport with appointments due to be available now via the National Booking Service or by calling 119.
A limited number of walk-in appointments are also available at the One Stockport Hub (OSH), Mersey Square, Stockport, SK1 1RA, subject to vaccine availability. It will be open every Monday and Tuesday, from 9am to 5pm. On Saturdays it will be open from 9.30am to 5pm, but please note it will be closed on Saturday, 8 October.
The annual flu vaccination campaign will also begin in the coming weeks. Free flu jabs will be available to people aged over 65, children aged two or three, primary school aged children, people in clinical risk groups and pregnant women. All carers are eligible along with NHS staff.
From mid-October, 2022, people aged 50 to 64 years old that aren’t in a clinical risk group will also be able to get their free flu vaccine. It is safe for the Covid-19 and the flu vaccine to be given at the same time, and we will offer both jabs to patients who want to receive them at the same time whenever we can, however this may not always be possible.