Walk - In Flu Vaccine Clinics are planned for Thursdays 11th and 18th April, 9am-1pm and 2pm-4pm, no appointment needed, will be held in the car park Portacom. If you cannot come on these days please make an appointment for whenever suits you.
Funded influenza vaccine is available each year for people who meet the following criteria set by PHARMAC:
1. People 65 years of age or older; or
2. Children aged 6mths-12 years; or
3. Māori and Pacific peoples aged 55 to 64 years, or
4. People under 65 years of age who:
Unless meeting the criteria set out above, the following conditions are excluded from funding:
Funded influenza vaccine is available each year for people who meet the following criteria set by PHARMAC:
1. People 65 years of age or older; or
2. Children aged 6mths-12 years; or
3. Māori and Pacific peoples aged 55 to 64 years, or
4. People under 65 years of age who:
- have any of the following cardiovascular diseases:
- ischaemic heart disease, or
- congestive heart failure, or
- rheumatic heart disease, or
- congenital heart disease, or
- cerebrovascular disease; or
- have either of the following chronic respiratory diseases:
- asthma, if on a regular preventative therapy, or
- other chronic respiratory disease with impaired lung function, or
- have diabetes; or
- have chronic renal disease; or
- have any cancer, excluding basal and squamous skin cancers if not invasive; or
- have any of the following other conditions:
- autoimmune disease or
- major mental health disorder, or
- people accessing mental health and addiction services, or
- immune suppression or immune deficiency, or
- HIV, or
- transplant recipient, or
- neuromuscular or CNS disease/disorder or
- haemoglobinopathy or
- children on long-term aspirin, or
- a cochlear implant, or
- error of metabolism at risk of major metabolic decompensation, or
- pre- or post-splenectomy, or
- Down syndrome, or
- pregnant women (any trimester); or
Unless meeting the criteria set out above, the following conditions are excluded from funding:
- asthma not requiring regular preventative therapy, or
- PHARMAC has confirmed that people with a respiratory condition that is prescribed a preventer inhaler meet the eligibility criteria for a funded influenza vaccination regardless of whether or not they routinely collect the inhaler, i.e. are adherent with treatment. They acknowledge that there may be barriers resulting in some people with respiratory conditions not collecting their preventer inhaler but that this does not affect their eligibility to receive a funded influenza vaccine.
- hypertension and/or dyslipidaemia without evidence of end-organ disease.
