There are some things you can do to help yourself stay well in winter. This includes getting your flu and COVID-19 vaccinations. Here is the NHS's latest advice on this subject: Flu and COVID-19 vaccinations It's important to get your seasonal flu and COVID-19 vaccinations if you're at higher risk of getting seriously ill from … Continue reading Seasonal Vaccinations – How To Get Yours
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The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has announced eligibility for a COVID-19 booster vaccine for autumn 2023 The advice for this autumn is to offer the vaccine to people at high risk of serious disease and who are most likely to benefit from vaccination. Specifically, the JCVI has advised the following groups people … Continue reading West Yorkshire COVID-19 vaccination programme – Autumn 2023
People aged 75 years and older, residents in care homes for older people, and those aged 5 years and over with a weakened immune system will be offered a booster of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine this spring. A detailed guide to this booster is available to download - UKHSA_12555_COVID-19_A_guide_to_the_spring_booster_2023 Alternatively you can Click here for an online … Continue reading A Guide To The Spring 2023 Covid-19 Booster
Calderdale's Long Covid Support Group is now open. This group offers peer support for people with Long Covid in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, UK and is a community-led. If this group interests you, you are welcome to join their Facebook group (Long Covid Support Group Calderdale) and Twitter page (@LongCovidSGC). If you would like to join … Continue reading Long Covid Support Group Calderdale
With new variants and a changing landscape of vaccination and immunity, what do the symptoms of covid-19—and our understanding of them—now look like? The BMJ's Mun-Keat Looi reports. How have covid symptoms changed since the start of the pandemic? In the short space of a few years we’ve seen surprising changes in the way covid-19 … Continue reading How have covid symptoms changed?
The number of excess deaths in England and Wales has risen substantially in recent weeks, amid a surge in flu cases and severe pressure on NHS services. The latest data from the Office for National Statistics show that 2493 excess deaths were registered in the week 17 to 23 December in England and Wales, a … Continue reading Excess Deaths – Covid & Flu
The Stay Well this Winter leaflet for 2022/23 is now available from the NHS. This helpful resource is updated annually and provides health information and guidance on how to stay well over the winter months. Content includes advice on: getting the flu and COVID-19 booster vaccinations; keeping warm; fire safety at home; accessing NHS mental health … Continue reading NHS Stay Well This Winter – Leaflet & BSL Video
This is just a quick reminder that COVID-19 booster and flu vaccinations are underway! The NHS is prioritising those at greatest risk and will contact you when it's your turn so please wait to be invited. Or if you are 50+, immunosuppressed, pregnant or a carer, you can book your booster at https://crowd.in/oTIRHE It’s safe to … Continue reading Top up your immunity this winter
With covid-19 cases rising and winter approaching, immunocompromised patients are frustrated at the government’s inaction on rolling out the preventive drug, reports Gareth Iacobucci for the BMJ. The UK government has been urged to re-examine its decision not to purchase a new covid-19 antibody drug for clinically extremely vulnerable people, amid warnings that these patients … Continue reading Government urged to speed up covid antibody treatment
Like all vaccines, the protection offered by the COVID vaccinations will decrease over time. Autumn boosters are an extra dose of the vaccine that is given to ‘boost’ protection against the virus and ensure those at greatest risk from COVID-19 are protected. Here's West Yorkshire NHS's info guide to this Autumn's booster. Although the COVID-19 … Continue reading Covid-19 Autumn Boosters – A Guide