Winter vaccination programme: don’t let your protection fade this winter
Vaccination clinics administering Flu vaccinations and COVID-19 boosters are available across the Trust.
Further details on the winter vaccination programme can be found at www.nidirect.gov.uk/wintervaccines
The winter vaccination clinics also offer RSV and Pertussis (whooping cough) vaccinations for pregnant women.
Some people are at greater risk from the effects of flu and should get the vaccine when offered it. You can get the flu vaccination for free if you:
- are pregnant
- are aged 50 and over on 31 March 2025, even if you feel fit and healthy
- live in a residential or nursing home
- have an illness or underlying health condition (including children from six months of age)
- are a health and social worker
- are a carer
- are a close contact of someone who is immunocompromised
It is also free for:
- all preschool children aged two to four years on 1 September 2024
- all primary and secondary school children (up to and including year 12)
- high risk poultry and avian animal health workers
Eligible groups for COVID-19 autumn booster vaccine in 2024/25 are:
- All adults aged 65 years and over;
- persons aged six months to 64 years in a clinical risk group, as laid out in the Immunisation Green Book influenza chapter
- pregnant women;
- residents and staff in a care home for older adults;
- frontline health and social care workers.
Upcoming flu vaccination clinics
- Wednesday 29 January – Canteen, Antrim Area Hospital 10am – 3pm
- Friday 31 January – Canteen, Whiteabbey Hospital 10am – 3pm
RSV and Pertussis vaccination clinics
- Monday 3 February at Mid-Ulster Maternity Clinic, 2pm – 4.30pm
- Tuesday 4 February at Causeway Maternity Clinic, 9.30am – 1pm
- Wednesday 5 February at Antrim Maternity Clinic (OPD4), 9.30am – 1pm
- Friday 7 February at Whiteabbey Maternity Clinic, 10am – 2pm
4th October 2024
