Any patient eligible (see below) and who wishes to receive the COVID-19 Spring Booster please contact reception by phone, letter or email leaving your name, date of birth and contact details.

Patients will be contacted later with an appointment date and time in order to maximise vaccine use and avoid any vaccine wastage – six vaccines per vaccine vial.

In spring and in autumn, COVID-19 booster vaccines are recommended for people who are most at risk of severe illness.

The spring booster programme runs from 3 April 2025 to the end of May 2025.

You are eligible for a spring booster if you are:

• 80 years and older
• 6 months or older with a weak immune system
• 18 or older living in residential care facilities for older adults
• 70 to 79 and did not get a COVID-19 vaccine in the previous 12 months

If you are eligible for a spring booster vaccine, you should wait at least 3 months since you last COVID-19 vaccination or COVID-19 infection before getting it.

If you have any questions about getting a COVID-19 booster vaccine, call HSELive on 1800 700 700.

Please allow 72 hours for repeat prescriptions.

The following groups are eligible to receive flu vaccine without charge in 2023/24:

• Persons aged 65 and older
• All children aged 2-12 years at the time of vaccination
• Pregnant women (at any stage of pregnancy)
• Those ages 6 to 23 months and 13 to 64 years with a health condition that puts them at higher risk, please see

Now available for Booking for patients who are not eligible for a free H5E Vaccine: Fee €30.00 Tel: 051 294300 to book

FREE Nasal Flu vaccination for all children aged 2 to 12 are available. Please ring reception and book an appointment if required.

Please be aware that our email address IS NOT monitored for clinical consultations, call backs or making appointments.
Appointments CANNOT be made by email request.
We understand that it is extremely difficult to get through but our telephone lines are manned at all stages during surgery hours. When you ring and get the answering message you are put in a queue (maximum two people in queue at any stage – if you get an engaged ring tone therefore two people are already in the queue waiting to be answered.). When you get through if you stay on the line your call will be answered in rotation. If you hang up before your call is answered then when you call back you may go back to the end of the queue each time. Please call the Surgery directly 051 294300.
An EMMERGENCY mobile phone number is ONLY available when stated by the answering machine message. Generally between the hours of 1-2 and 5-6 for emergency consultations. On occasions if the surgery is at capacity for appointments the emergency phone may be switched on at an earlier time.
Once again thank you for your patience in trying to contact the surgery.
Drs Hayes, McElduff & Norris.

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