Free flu jabs for Rotherham youngsters

Children will be given the vaccine nasal sprays by nurses working for Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) in early October.

The initiative is part of the National Flu Vaccination Programme and the vaccine is being offered to healthy children as well as those with a health condition in school years one, two and three.

Sarah Thompson, RDaSH’s vaccination team clinical lead, said: “Flu can be a very unpleasant illness in children and some children can develop serious complications.

“The nasal spray is painless and easy for the children to have.

“By offering the flu vaccination to as many children as possible, we help to protect them in time for winter.

“As well as protecting those vaccinated children, the disease is less able to spread as easily and so they also help to protect younger brothers and sisters, and other family members including parents and grandparents.”

Further information about the flu immunisation programme for children is available on 0800 019 9951.