Getting your Covid vaccine is the best way to reduce your risk of getting seriously ill from Covid, reduce your risk of spreading or catching the virus, and protect against the different variants.
Many eligible people will have started receiving text messages and letters inviting them to book, while visits to vaccinate care home residents and staff has already begun.
Who is eligible?
If you are eligible and had your last jab at least three months ago, you can find your nearest bookable appointment through the national booking system.
Currently bookings for the autumn booster are only open for people who are aged 65 plus, carers, frontline health and social care workers, pregnant women and people who are severely immunosuppressed.
Wait to be contacted
More appointments are being made available regularly.
If you do not fall into one of these groups, but will be eligible later in the programme, please wait to be contacted by the NHS.
Where can I get the autumn booster one the Isle of Wight this week?
- You may be invited by your general practice to book an appointment, this is being in order of priority so you may hear from them soon
- Community pharmacies will be offering bookable appointments for vaccination through the national booking system with more slots being made available over the coming weeks, so keep checking back
- Walk-in clinics with limited capacity on a first-come-first-served availability for 18+ autumn boosters and first/second doses for 12 to 17 year olds only. Clinics may close early if at capacity.
- Thursday 29th September – East Cowes Fire Station, midday to 6pm
- Sunday 2nd October – Ventnor Council, green room, 10am to 4pm
- Bookable appointments at The Riverside Centre, Newport through the national booking system:
- Open Saturdays from midday to 6pm for appointments booked through the national booking system only
- Bookable appointments at St Mary’s Hospital Hub, South Block, through the national booking system with more added on a regular basis
Book by phone
You can contact the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Covid-19 helpline on 0300 561 0018 (Open between 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 1pm at weekends) for help with booking an appointment or accessing information in languages other than English.
To cancel or move a Covid-19 vaccine appointment booked through National Booking Service, please visit the Website or call 119 (open between 7am and 11pm daily).
If you need to cancel or move an appointment booked via a pharmacy or your GP practice, please contact them directly.
News shared on behalf of Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board. Ed
Image: © DKphotography, Isle of Wight
