Health & Social Care Staff Winter Vaccinations
If you’re a health (including Serco staff), social care or social worker who works directly with patients, or provides care and support services, you’re eligible for the flu and Covid-19 vaccines this year.
Covid-19 and flu spread more easily in winter when we spend more time together indoors and can cause serious illness. Frontline healthcare workers are also more likely to be exposed to these viruses.
If you are vaccinated and catch Covid-19 or flu, you are likely to have milder symptoms and recover faster, reducing your risk of seriousness illness. The flu vaccine also helps to reduce transmission of flu and spreading it to those most vulnerable such as elderly adults and people with health conditions.
Non-frontline NHS staff (including Serco staff) are being offered the flu vaccine and are also encouraged to take up the offer this winter.
There are a number of ways for staff to get vaccinated.
Drop-in to the atrium at Forth Valley Royal Hospital – no appointment needed
- Wednesday 18 December 10.00 to 14.00
- Thursday 19 December 9.15 to 15.15
Attend a Drop-in Vaccination centre – no appointment needed at Falkirk Community Hospital, Clackmannanshire Community Healthcare Centre or Stirling Health and Care Village on the following dates:
- Monday 16th December – Friday 20 December 08.30 – 19:30
- Saturday 21st December 8.30am – 3.30pm
- Monday 23rd December – Tuesday 24th December 8.30am – 3.30pm
- Friday 27th December – Saturday 28th December 8.30am – 3.30pm
- Monday 30th December – Tuesday 31st December 8.30am – 3.30pm
- Friday 3rd January 2025 – Saturday 4th January 2025 8.30am – 3.30pm
Book an Appointment
If you would prefer a booked appointment, visit nhsinform.scot/wintervaccines.
You can book or reschedule your appointment to a vaccination clinic closer to where you work or somewhere you visit regularly. This can be anywhere in Scotland and new appointments are added regularly.
If you are unable to use the booking portal, call the NHS Scotland Vaccination Helpline on 0800 030 8013.
Attend a Participating Pharmacy
A number of pharmacies across Forth Valley are now offering Winter Vaccinations, click here to find the full list of local participating pharmacies.