Coronavirus

Covid Vaccine

Are you eligible? please visit this website first: Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

First, second and booster vaccinations – is still available across Wirral.

There is a pop-up vaccination clinic running every Friday 10.30am – 4.30pm in the Cherry Tree Shopping Centre until further notice, for anyone aged 5 and over.

This is in addition to Wirral’s walk-in clinics at Birkenhead Medical Building (over 12s only) and Clatterbridge (anyone over 5 years old). Full details of walk-in clinics.

Where can I get my Spring Booster during April and May?

evergreen vaccination offer – first, second and booster vaccinations – is still available across Wirral.

There is a pop-up vaccination clinic running every Friday 10.30am – 4.30pm in the Cherry Tree Shopping Centre until further notice, for anyone aged 5 and over.

This is in addition to Wirral’s walk-in clinics at Birkenhead Medical Building (over 12s only) and Clatterbridge (anyone over 5 years old). Full details of walk-in clinics.

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership Trust’s Living Well bus has made several stops in Birkenhead and New Brighton in the past week. As well as the COVID-19 vaccine the ‘Living Well’ clinical team offered health checks, advice and signposting to other services.

Please note you will receive your spring vaccination 6 months from your last vaccine.  Please be patient as we are working continuously through our prioritised list.  If we have a mobile number noted down in your records you will receive a text message to book in when you are due.

Order coronavirus (COVID-19) rapid lateral flow tests

For patients requiring 1st or second doses please visit Wirral CCG website for drop-in clinics or visit the National Booking System.

• How do I prove I’ve had the vaccine?
• Demonstrating your covid-19 vaccination status when travelling abroad

NHS APP

The NHSapp is also valuable for accessing your health records and ordering repeat prescriptions.  The NHSapp can be downloaded from: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/nhs-app/id1388411277 for iPhone  or: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nhs.online.nhsonline for android.

Alternatively from the 17th of May you can call the NHS helpline on 119 and ask for a letter to be posted to you.

Important information to keep you safe:

• Vaccination programme for children and young people: guidance for schools
• Self-isolation and treating symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Guidance on protecting people who are clinically extremely vulnerable from COVID-19
• COVID-19 vaccination: a guide for all women of childbearing age, pregnant or breastfeeding
• Supporting your recovery after COVID-19
• Requests for Certification of Absence from the Workplace
• Antibody testing to check if you’ve had coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Travel abroad from England during coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Stay at home: guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection
• Atrial Fibrillation, Blood Pressure and Cholestrol during COVID-19
• General Practice Transparency Notice
• Facial Covering Exemption – Letters