Where can I avail of the flu vaccination service this year?
Please click here for our Phelans Influenza Vaccination Patient Consent Form.
Please click here for our Phelans Influenza Children's Vaccination Patient Consent Form.
Please complete this in advance of your appointment and watch our helpful adult flu vaccine and children's intra-nasal flu vaccine videos below to ensure you get the most efficient service possible.
Remember! Do not go to a pharmacy if you have any symptoms of Covid-19, or recent contact with a confirmed case of Covid-19, if you have been diagnosed with Covid-19, are awaiting test results, or have been advised to self isolate.
What is flu?
Flu is a highly infectious respiratory illness caused by a virus that affects the lungs and upper airways. The symptoms associated with the flu are fever, headache, sore throat and all over aches and pains. It affects people of all ages. Flu is an unpleasant infection, but it is not life-threatening in most cases.
The flu is prevalent in the winter months and it is called seasonal flu. Every flu season, strains of flu may change, so you need to get a new vaccine each year.
At Phelans we are offering the flu vaccination this year to adults, children and infants aged 6 months and over.
You can get the flu vaccine for free if you;
The flu vaccine is free if you are an adult or child aged 6 months or older and in an at-risk group.
Who is at risk?
Some people are more at risk of getting complications if they catch flu.
You can get the flu vaccine for free if you are in an at-risk group.
People at-risk: