We are no longer providing Covid vaccine services in Newcastle. More information about who can get a vaccine and how to get one is below.
Covid vaccine boosters
Booster Covid vaccines are now available for those over 50, care home residents, and those who are most susceptible to serious illness from covid-19 in line with JCVI guidance.
You can book online or through 119 for as long as it has been three months since your last dose.
WHO CAN GET A booster covid VACCINE?
Those who are eligible for an autumn booster are:
- residents in a care home for older adults and staff working in care homes for older adults
- frontline health and social care workers
- all adults aged 50 years and over
- persons aged 5 to 49 years in a clinical risk group
- persons aged 5 to 49 years who are household contacts of people with immunosuppression
- persons aged 16 to 49 years who are carers
where can i get a vaccine?
For dates, locations and opening times of all sites in Newcastle providing Covid vaccines – including pharmacies, please see https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/covidvaccine
how do i arrange a vaccine?
For boosters, you will be contacted by the NHS for your appointment when you are eligible. For all other vaccines, you can either walk-in to a vaccine clinic, or book an appointment. Appointments are open to any patients who are eligible (minimum 91 days since last booster), and these are bookable:
- On the National Booking service (NBS) – book your Covid-19 vaccination appointment online
- By calling 119
I’ve had Covid, can I still get my vaccine?
If you’ve had a positive COVID-19 test, you need to wait before getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
People aged 18 and over, and children and young people aged 5 to 17 at high risk from COVID-19, need to wait 4 weeks.
Children and young people aged 5 to 17 who are not at high risk from COVID-19 need to wait 12 weeks.
If you or your child have symptoms of COVID-19, but have not had a test, you should wait until your symptoms are better before you get the vaccine.
more information
For more information on Covid vaccines see https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/coronavirus-vaccine/
our vaccination story
We carried out 277,684 vaccinations in Newcastle at GP-led vaccination sites in the city between 23 December 2020 and 14 May 2022. We have also vaccinated care home residents, the housebound and under-represented communities across the city, such as the homeless, from our vaccination bus.
This work could not have been achieved without the support of staff from GP practices, pharmacists, retired healthcare workers, and volunteers from across the region.
Where we have vaccinated in Newcastle
We have vaccinated from more than 100 vaccine locations across the city since our first day vaccinating on 23 December 2020. 277,684 vaccines have been given including at 65 care homes in Newcastle, at Newcastle United’s stadium, at mosques and Hindu temples, and from leisure centres, libraries and homeless shelters. Our vaccine bus has travelled more than 600 miles to over 180 sessions to make sure everyone in the city has access to a vaccine. Our busiest day was 20 March 2021 when we vaccinated 2773 people at Vertu Motors Arena, home of Newcastle Eagles basketball team. We’ve also vaccinated many of the Newcastle United football team!
our other work during the pandemic
Our aim during the Covid-19 pandemic has been to keep all patients safe and support our practices to continue to provide excellent care. Our priority was the set-up and management of specific Covid-19 services, via a single citywide primary-care workforce. This enabled practices to maintain ‘clean’ core GP services when needed.
To do this, we worked in collaboration and partnership with the Clinical Directors of each Newcastle Primary Care Network and a number of organisations. These included Newcastle/Gateshead CCG, Newcastle Hospitals (NuTH), VOCARE and Newcastle City Council.
With their help we:
- Supported the set up of vaccinations sites in the city
- Set up a vaccination bus to help us visit those people who may find it more difficult to get to our vaccination sites
- Supported a vaccination research project with Newcastle Hospitals
- Set up ‘hot services’ for patients with suspected Covid-19
- Established a visiting service for patient homes and care homes
- Launched an online rota system for GP sessions
- Provided support through our social prescribing team to patients who are shielding
- Sourced and delivered PPE
- Set up a pilot SATS probe delivery service for patients