You can still get your Covid-19 and flu vaccinations

Help prevent the spread of flu and Covid-19, especially to your patients, colleagues and your family and friends by getting your winter vaccinations.

You can receive vaccinations from the Occupational Health & Wellbeing Departments at:

  • Aintree Hospital:
    • Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays) 8.30am-9am or 4pm-4.30pm, Occupational Health & Wellbeing Department. Email occupational.health@liverpoolft.nhs.uk with enquiries.
  • Broadgreen:
    • Tuesday afternoons from 1pm, Occupational Health Department (surgical corridor), Broadgreen

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  • Aintree Hall - Employees can visit the Covid vaccination hub in Aintree Hall to get their vaccine. The hub will be open seven days a week, drop-in during these times:
    • Monday - Friday: 9am-12noon, 1pm-4pm
    • Saturday and Sunday: 10am-3pm
    • The vaccination centre is also open for eligible community patients for the Covid vaccination - book here.

 

Frequently asked questions:

Who is most at risk of flu?
People in older age groups, young children, pregnant women and those with certain long-term health conditions are most at risk of getting seriously ill with flu.

I got the flu vaccine last year, is there a need to be vaccinated this year?
If you had the flu vaccination last year, you need another one this year. The flu viruses can change from one winter to the next. Flu vaccines are updated for each winter to give protection against the strains of flu that are most likely to be going around. For this reason, we strongly recommend that even if you were vaccinated last year, you should be vaccinated again this year.
Also, protection from flu vaccination goes down with time so even if some of the strains are the same you should have a flu vaccine again each flu season.

 

COVID-19
Will the vaccine protect me against the latest strain I’ve read about?
It’s too early to know that right now. But based on previous seasons, the vaccines provide good protection against hospitalisation, reducing the rates by almost half, and death, even when not targeted to the most recent strain, and are expected to work against this new one too. Early data about the variant is encouraging. If you are eligible, get booked in for your vaccine as soon as possible.

Does the vaccine actually help?
UKHSA surveillance data on last autumn’s programme showed that those who received a vaccine were around 45% less likely to be admitted to hospital with COVID-19 from two weeks following vaccination with protection lasting for around 4 months, compared to those who did not receive one.

Can I choose which vaccine I have?
COVID-19 vaccines authorised for use by the NHS are effective, provide a strong booster response and have good safety record. You will be offered the right vaccine for you. They have all met strict standards of safety, quality and effectiveness. Alternatives will be made available where clinically appropriate.

Can you still catch COVID-19 after having the vaccine?
COVID-19 vaccines will reduce the chance of you becoming severely unwell this winter, but only provide modest protection against acquiring mild or asymptomatic illness from the current highly transmissible Omicron sub-variants.
It may take a few days for your body to build up some extra protection from the vaccine. Those aged below 65 years who are otherwise healthy are not at high risk of severe COVID-19.