21/11/2025
Drop-in vaccination clinics provided by the Scottish Ambulance Service will be in Dalbeattie and Langholm next week - 9.15am to 3.30pm on Tuesday 25th in Dalbeattie, and 10am to 3pm on Wednesday 26th in Langholm. Vaccination is free for anyone who is eligible, and no appointment is needed.
Vaccination is one of the best ways to protect against infectious diseases, and if you're older, or you have other medical conditions that make you more vulnerable, you could be particularly at risk this winter.
If you're eligible for a free COVID-19 or flu vaccination this winter, but you haven't been able to attend your appointment, you don't have to miss out. You don't need an appointment - just turn up (though you may have to wait for your turn if the clinic is busy).
To check whether you're eligible for a free vaccination, check the NHS Scotland eligibility rules for COVID-19 and flu at https://www.nhsinform.scot/.../immunisation/winter-vaccines/
COVID-19 vaccinations will be provided to everyone aged 75 and over, everyone who lives in a care home for older people, and everyone with weakened immune system.
Eligibility for flu vaccinations includes everyone aged 65 or over, care home residents, adults with a health condition that makes them eligible (check the list at https://www.nhsinform.scot/healt.../immunisation/flu-vaccine), unpaid or young carers, pregnant women, all NHS staff, frontline social care workers, unpaid or young carers, anyone living with someone with a weakened immune system, poultry workers and bird handlers.
