Covid-19 vaccine clinics in Gateshead and Newcastle
Wednesday 13 October 2021
Everyone aged 16+ is now eligible to have the vaccine. You can make your appointment on the NHS website or by calling 119 free of charge between 7am and 11pm, seven days a week.
People aged 12-15 are also being offered vaccinations through school programmes.
Details of groups eligible for booster jabs are listed further down the page. If you are in one of the eligible groups, you can only have the booster dose if it’s been at least 182 days since your second dose.
Gateshead
In Gateshead, we have GP-led vaccine centres at Blaydon, Birtley, Felling, the Bede Centre and Rawling Road practice.
Alternatively, you may find it easier to attend a large vaccination centre such as the Centre for Life in Newcastle or the Nightingale Hospital near Sunderland.
You can make your appointment on the NHS website or by calling 119 free of charge between 7am and 11pm, seven days a week. At times, additional drop-in clinics will also be advertised on this page. You can also find Covid-19 vaccine updates on Gateshead Council’s website.
People aged 12-15 are also being offered vaccinations through school programmes.
Newcastle
You can view all vaccination centres, walk-in clinics, drop-in vaccine clinics, vaccination buses and pharmacies offering the Covid-19 vaccine in Newcastle via the City Council’s interactive map.
For more information on where you can get your vaccine visit the Newcastle City Council website. You can make your appointment on the NHS website or by calling 119 free of charge between 7am and 11pm, seven days a week.
People aged 12-15 are also being offered vaccinations through school programmes.
Information on Covid-19 vaccine boosters
Who is eligible for the COVID-19 booster vaccine?
The following people will be offered a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the same order as the first part of the vaccination programme.
- those living in residential care homes for older adults
- all adults aged 50 years or over
- frontline health and social care workers
- all those aged 16 to 49 years with underlying health conditions that put them at higher risk of severe COVID-19 (as set out in the green book), and adult carers
- adult household contacts of immunosuppressed individuals
The JCVI advises that the booster vaccine dose should be offered no earlier than 182 days (that’s usually slightly more than 6 months) after completion of the first course of vaccination.
For more information on covid-19 vaccine boosters visit the NHS website or Gov.uk
12 – 15 year old vaccines
Vaccines will be offered to all 12 – 15 year olds through their School Immunisation Service. Your child’s school will contact you directly with further information, including how to consent to the vaccine.
Young people will be offered just one dose of the Pfizer vaccine, providing protection to themselves and reducing transmission in their household, the vaccine will also prevent lost learning and protect time in education by reducing the number of school closures and isolation periods.
The vaccine is safe and effective and the UK’s Chief Medical Officers have confirmed the benefits of the vaccine far outweigh the risks. Your child can also have the flu vaccine – including the nasal spray vaccine – at the same time as the Covid vaccine without impacting on the effectiveness of both vaccinations. It is the simplest way to get fully protected this winter.
Vaccines will only be given to children when the parent has given full written consent.
If you have any concerns about the vaccination programme you should discuss this with your child’s school or your GP.
Questions?
If you’ve got questions about the vaccine, you can find more information at BeatCovidNE.co.uk.
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