Annual flu vaccination

Updated 24th Sept 2020 -  the text message invites will be sent week, beginning the 28th September. The booking system will also be available from next week. Thank you for your patience whilst we ensure the systems are fully operating. This web site will be updated as soon as we have commenced the booking process for the Drive thru clinics at Stithians Show Ground. 

Due to the Covid pandemic and the current government restrictions in place regarding social distancing, this year, to keep everyone safe, we are holding Flu clinics at a Drive-Thru facility at Stithians Show ground in October.  If you are eligible, you will soon receive an invitation via text message or letter, inviting you to book your drive thru appointment via a portal. We aim to have full details of the booking portal & and how to access it, published by 21 September 2020.

 Clinicians will administer your vaccination while you remain in your car.  It is therefore important that you help us by adhering to the guidance below:-

• Wear short sleeves or loose clothing so that we can access your arm easily.
• Please wear a face covering.
• Please do not attend if you are suffering from Covid-19 symptoms.
• This is a Drive-Thru clinic and there will be a one-way system in place.  Please follow directions from the marshals. 
• Carn To Coast Health Centres & Stithians Show Ground cannot be held responsible for any damage caused to your vehicle whilst attending the Drive-Thru clinics.
• Traffic management will be in place.

In the coming weeks, you will be invited to make an appointment for a flu vaccination; you can book your appointment online, via the portal. The invitations will have all the necessary information included, to assist with the booking process. Invites will be sent to patients mobile numbers  as text messages, or by letter if there is no mobile number registered. In addition, there will also be a telephone help line, to assist with booking an appointment at the Drive Thru, for those patients who do not have access to the internet. More details to follow very soon on the booking process.

This is a Drive-Thru Clinic only.  If you have no transport or you are unable to attend the Flu Vaccination Clinics at Stithians Show Ground, there will be later dates available for you to attend at one of the Carn to Coast sites. Details to follow on dates in the coming weeks.

Common questions about the flu vaccination

What is flu?

Flu is an unpleasant disease that spreads quickly and easily through coughing and sneezing.
Flu can also give you headaches, a sore throat, fever, chills, and muscle and joint aches.
Those people who are at risk, either because of their age or medical conditions, may develop complications such as chest infections and pneumonia.

Why get the vaccine?

The vaccine provides the best available protection against flu. It is not 100% but it will protect
a significant number of people and reduce the severity of flu if you get it. It could also help your relatives or carers because you will not be passing the disease to them.

Who should get it?

Young babies, older people, pregnant women and those who have other underlying health conditions, especially those of the lungs, heart, liver or kidneys, are particularly vulnerable to serious complications and possibly hospitalisation. Every year in the UK a number of people
in these groups die from the complications of flu.

I’ve heard that the vaccination can give you flu. Is that true?

No; the flu vaccine that is given to adults is made from dead flu virus and cannot cause the infection. The flu vaccine that will be given to most children is a live vaccine, but the viruses in it have been weakened so they can not cause flu. You may get some side effects after the vaccination but these are quite mild like a slightly raised temperature or aching muscles for a couple of days or an ache in the arm where the injection was given. Other reactions are very rare.

When can I get the vaccine?

The vaccine is available in October and appointments are available via a booking portal. In the coming weeks invitations will be sent via text messages or letter if no mobile phone.

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PRESCRIPTIONS

Please note that we have had to change the turnaround time for repeat prescriptions. Please ensure you request your prescription on time as our Prescription team cannot take 'urgent' requests.

Repeat Prescriptions requests will take three working days to process. We have no control over how long the pharmacy takes to dispense your prescription.

Consult 

You are now able to consult online with our own GPs with a response no later
than the end of the next working day
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We will respond to all eConsults by the end of the next working day

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Welcome to Carn to Coast Health Centres

Our practice has four surgery sites formed out of the October 2015 merger between Pool Health Centre and Homecroft Surgery (inclusive of their branch surgery at St Day) and a merger with Trevithick Surgery, Camborne in April 2018.  To view our practice's "Statement of Purpose" please click here:- Statement of Purpose

Welcoming New Patients

We welcome new registrations from patients who are looking for a GP surgery in this area.  We have our main site at Pool and two other good sized surgeries in Camborne (Trevithick Surgery) and Illogan (Homecroft surgery) with a further small branch surgery in St Day. 

You can click here to be taken straight to our registration information where you can also download a registration form via the 'online registration' tab.

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