There's still time to get your winter vaccinations

Advice and Information - 16 January 2024

Flu and Covid-19 can be life-threatening and spread more easily in winter when we are crowded together inside.

Covid-19 autumn booster

If you get flu and Covid-19 at the same time, research shows you’re more likely to be seriously ill. Getting vaccinated against flu and Covid-19 will provide protection for you and those around you. Find out if you are eligible and ensure you ‘get winter strong’.

It is important to top up your protection, even if you have had a vaccine or been ill with flu or Covid-19 before, as immunity fades over time and these viruses change each year.

Adults at greater risk of serious illness and children can get a free flu vaccine, seasonal Covid-19 vaccine or both. The best way to protect ourselves from these viruses is to get vaccinated.

There are a number of Covid-19 vaccination walk-in sites across Redbridge:

  • Britannia Pharmacy – Green Lane – 414-416 Green Lane, Seven Kings, Ilford, IG3 9JX
  • Britannia Pharmacy – Ilford – 21-23 Horns Road, Ilford, IG2 6BN
  • Britannia Pharmacy – Loxford – Loxford Polyclinic, 417 Ilford Lane, Ilford, IG1 2SN
  • Britannia Pharmacy – Woodford Green – 429-431 High Road, Woodford, Woodford Green, IG8 0XE
  • The Doctors House -40 Cameron Road, Seven Kings, Ilford, IG3 8LF
  • Mayors Pharmacy – 113 – 115 Snakes Lane West, Woodford Green, Redbridge, IG8 0DY
  • Wanstead Pharmacy – 75-77 High Street, London, E11 2AE

There are also walk-in vaccination events where those eligible for free Covid-19 and flu vaccinations, can get vaccinated.

  • Saturday 20th January, 9:30AM-1.00PM, Elderberries Day Centre, Broadmead Road, Woodford, Woodford Green, IG8 0AD
  • Saturday 27th January, 9:30AM-1.00PM, Elderberries Day Centre, Broadmead Road, Woodford, Woodford Green, IG8 0AD
  • Wednesday 31st January, 9:00AM-12:30PM, Thackeray Drive Children's Centre, Chadwell Heath, RM6 4RE

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