Covid 19 News

AUTUMN VACCINTATIONS 2023.

We have limited availability for Covid vaccines appointments which are now available to be booked for October dates. Please ring the surgery, after 10am, to book your appointment.

 Eligibility:

  • Age 65 and older (this is your age by 31 March 2024);
  • Frontline health and social care workers;
  • People aged 16 – 64 years who are carers;
  • Those aged six months to 64 years of age at higher risk of COVID-19 infection (e.g., individuals who have a weakened immune system) including those who are pregnant; and
  • People aged 12 – 64 years who are household contacts with people who have a weakened immune system.

The Long Covid Personalised Self-management support co-design and Evaluation (LISTEN) study will evaluate the effectiveness of a new self-management support programme, co-designed by people living with long Covid.

Participants will be randomly selected into two groups, one receiving the LISTEN support package, which will involve co-designed book and digital resources and up to six, one-to-one video or telephone call support sessions with Listen trained healthcare practitioners, with the other group receiving their usual care which could include physiotherapy or group sessions.

The study is open to anyone over 18 who has been experiencing long Covid symptoms for 12 weeks or more. People taking part in the study don’t need to have had a positive COVID-19 test but must have experienced one or more of the symptoms consistent with COVID-19, including ongoing fatigue, breathlessness, chest pain, “brain fog” or muscle pain.