Over 50,000 COVID top up vaccinations have been delivered to eligible people in Dorset since the start of the campaign in April.
As of 9 May, 52,495 Spring vaccinations have been given which is 38.67% of those currently eligible.
This spring, people aged 75 and over by 30 June, older adult care home residents and immunosuppressed people aged six months and over are entitled to a free vaccination.
Eligibility for a spring vaccine dose is similar to previous years but those with a weakened immune system are now eligible from six months old instead of five years.
Those eligible for a top up can book an appointment
- via the NHS National Booking Service
- on the NHS App
- by ringing 119
- with your local GP if they are offering the vaccination.
If a suitable appointment at your preferred location isn’t available at first, please keep trying as more appointments are added to the national booking system each week.
As well as booked appointments via the NHS website and local GP booking systems, some pharmacies accept walk-ins and additional community walk-in clinics will be popping-up across the county helping bring the vaccine out to those who may be isolated or less likely to get to a clinic on the high street.
A full list of Dorset clinic locations is available on the Dorset HealthCare website.
Further information
For more information and a list of clinics please visit www.dorsethealthcare.nhs.uk.
