FLU VACCINATION

Influenza Vaccination

Getting a Flu vaccination is easy and convenient at Vogeltown Pharmacy.

FLU VACCINATION 
Vaccinations available 10am-5pm Monday to Thursday. If you require a Flu vaccination on a weekend, please phone ahead and check with the Pharmacist on duty if they are available. 

Unfunded pricing: $35

Eligibility criteria for FREE seasonal influenza vaccination for 2025*:
1. All people 65 years of age and over; or

2. people under 65 years of age who:

1. have any of the following cardiovascular diseases:

   1. ischaemic heart disease, or

   2. congestive heart failure, or

   3. rheumatic heart disease, or

   4. congenital heart disease, or

   5. cerebo-vascular disease; or

2. have either of the following chronic respiratory diseases:

   1. asthma, if on a regular preventative therapy, or

   2. other chronic respiratory disease with impaired lung function; or

3. have diabetes; or

4. have chronic renal disease; or

5. have any cancer, excluding basal and squamous skin cancers if not invasive; or

6. have any of the following other conditions:

   1. autoimmune disease, or

   2. immune suppression or immune deficiency, or

   3. HIV, or

   4. transplant recipients, or

   5. neuromuscular and CNS diseases/disorders, or

   6. haemoglobinopathies, or

   7. are children on long term aspirin, or

   8. have a cochlear implant, or

   9. errors of metabolism at risk of major metabolic decompensation, or

   10. pre and post splenectomy, or

   11. Down syndrome, or

7. are pregnant; or

1. children 4 years of age and under who have been hospitalised for respiratory illness or have a history of significant respiratory illness; or

2. people under 65 years of age who:

   1. have any of the following serious mental health conditions:

      1. schizophrenia, or

      2. major depressive disorder, or

      3. bipolar disorder, or

      4. schizoaffective disorder, or

   2. are currently accessing secondary or tertiary mental health and addiction services; or

Unless meeting the criteria set out above, the following conditions are excluded from funding:

1. asthma not requiring regular preventative therapy,

2. hypertension and/or dyslipidaemia without evidence of end-organ disease.
   

For full criteria visit https://www.immune.org.nz/immunisation/programmes/influenza