Flu & Covid Vaccination Programme 2026/27
Flu & Covid-19 Vaccination Programme 2026-27
Covid-19 Vaccination Spring 2026 Programme
From April 2026, we will be holding Covid-19 clinics over the next few months (until June 2026) and if you are eligible to have it done this spring, we will send you an invitation with a self-book link to book your appointment.
Patients eligible for the Covid-19 Spring booster:
- those aged 75 years and over (by 30th June 2026)
- those aged from 6 months to less than 75 years of age in a clinical risk group such as those with: organ, bone marrow or stem cell transplant patients, those being treated with systemic steroids for more than a month, those living with HIV, those receiving immunosuppressive or immunomodulating biological therapy, including children who are about to receive therapy, those undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy, those who require long-term treatment for immunosuppression, those with a history of haematological malignancy including chronic leukaemia, lymphomas, and leukaemia, those with genetic disorders affecting the immune system
- residents in a care home for older adults
Our Covid-19 clinics will be run in both locations, our main site at Garratt Lane and the new site at Mapleton Crescent so please check carefully when you check-in for your appointment.
Our housebound patients will be contacted to confirm the home visit provided by the Team at the Pearl Pharmacy.
For patients aged 5 years to 17 years old, the Covid-19 vaccination will be provided at Pearl Chemist at 136-138 Mitcham Road, London, SW17 9NH.
For infants (6 months – 4 years old) and housebound patients South West London Immunisations Team can provide further information: swlvaccinations@swlondon.nhs.uk
For a Covid-19 booster, you can also book an appointment on the NHS website at Book, change, or cancel a COVID-19 vaccination appointment online – NHS or by phoning 119, or you can visit a walk-in vaccination site without an appointment, please check Find a walk-in COVID-19 vaccination site – NHS
External websites for further information:
A guide to the spring 2026 COVID-19 vaccination campaign – GOV.UK
Wandle PCN Events
Join us for the social events at the Wandle Primary Care Network
Join us for the social events at the Wandle Primary Care Network
‘Beat the Blues’, on Wednesday 11th February
Earlsfield Library (09:30-13:30), VCSE organisation stalls, including: Wandsworth Talking Therapies (formerly Talk Wandsworth), Hestia Recovery Café, MIND, Wandsworth Adult Social Care, Ethnicity Mental Health, Improvement Project, Happy Homes (Asian Families Network), Sanctuary for Sisterhood, Estate Art, Age UK, Enable (incl. Walk Wandsworth/ Weight Management colleagues), THRIVE Battersea, Wandsworth Carers Centre
Tara Theatre (10:30-13:30), Wellbeing sessions and talks (provisional timings): 10:30-11.15 Dr Mitali Agarwal and Dr Sacha Burgess, 11:15-12:00 Live Karma Yoga, 12:00-12.45 Wandsworth Talking Therapies (formerly Talk Wandsworth), 12:45-13:30 Surrey Physio’s Bijesh – Breathing, meditation & mindfulness. Drop-in physio advice, guidance, and support will be available in the Tara Theatre Foyer (10.30-13:30)
For a full list of our events, please visit:
http://www.wandsworthmedicalcentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Wandle-PCN-Events
Location: Brathway Hall, Brathway Rd, London SW18 4BE
For full session details and to book your place, please visit:
https://wandleprimarycarenetwork.co.uk/events
On the event page, please click the RSVP button beneath the session information to confirm your attendance.
All sessions are free and open to everyone. You can attend as many as you like — feel free to bring a friend or come along on your own.
We look forward to welcoming you!
Smokers encouraged to join Stoptober
Smokers encouraged to join Stoptober
Stoptober is back, calling on smokers in England to join the 2.5 million others who have made a quit attempt with the campaign since it launched a decade ago in 2012.
Nearly 6 million adults in England still smoke, and it remains the single biggest behavioural cause of preventable death, with 64,000 deaths a year.
If you are a smoker, quitting is one of the best things you can do for your health, allowing you to start moving better, breathe more easily – and giving you more money to spend.
Join the thousands of others and start your quitting journey not only in October but throughout the whole year!
Just search ‘Stoptober’ for more information and free tools to help you quit or contact us to book an appointment for smoking cessation with our HCA.
Patient Participation Group Meeting
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Dear Patient,
Dr Jogiya and the Team at Wandsworth Medical Centre would like to invite you for the virtual Patient Participation Group meeting in Summer/Autumn 2025. The new date will be confirmed soon.
The way you book an appointment has changed
Last year in July, we launched an online triage system. The online form can be accessed via our website and will mean you can contact the surgery at any time about a medical or administrative issue. You answer a few short questions on the form, and you will get a response from the surgery within 1 working day. This allows us to perform an on the day needs assessment and offer you the most appropriate outcome without the need to be on hold for a long time, or the need to come into the surgery.
What should I use this form for?
You can use this form for anything you would usually contact the surgery for such as requesting an appointment, medical issues you want to discuss with a doctor or nurse, repeat prescriptions, or admin issues like getting a sick (fit) note or test results. We aim to reply to you on the same working day if we receive your request on time. If you think you need help before then, you should call the surgery.
Please note that the submitted forms will only be read during office hours. The forms will not be read on the weekends (Saturdays and Sundays) or on bank holidays. If you need urgent help out of hours please contact 111 or 999 if this is an emergency
What questions will I be asked?
If you have a medical query, you’ll be asked to describe it, how long it’s been going on for, and what you’re worried about. For admin, you can choose from asking about test results, repeat prescriptions, fit/sick notes, referrals, a doctor’s letter, or something else
What details do I need to be able to fill in the form?
You’ll be asked for your name, date of birth, postcode, gender, and your contact number. If you have your mobile phone to hand, then you can choose to receive a code via text message to enter into the website. This allows the staff at the practice to locate your record faster.
How long will the form take to complete?
The form should only take a few minutes to complete. If you have any issues or can’t fill the form out, please contact the surgery and we will be able to help you complete your request.
Why are we making this change?
This change should make it easier to submit requests to the practice and ensure that requests are seen by the most appropriate member of staff and dealt with in an appropriate timeframe. Appointments will be prioritised according to health need, rather than who gets their call answered first.
The benefits of using online consultations are:
- Easy to access – it should only take a couple of minutes to fill out your information
- No waiting on hold on the phone
- Your request will be seen by the right person
- Convenience – send your request over whenever you need it, rather than when you can get through on the phone
- Your GP might be able to help more quickly and easily, for example with a phone call, or by referring you directly to the service you need, such as physiotherapy
You can now book using either of the links below:
Free NHS lung health check - 55 to 74
Are you 55-74, live in Wandsworth, and smoke or used to smoke?
You can get a free
NHS lung health check.
Lung health checks are quick, simple, and a good way of spotting lung-related problems early on.
Please contact us for more information and to check if you are eligible.
For more information visit the link below or call 020 7352 8607
Your next poo could save your life
Your next poo could save your life
We are supporting a London-wide campaign to encourage more patients to do their free NHS bowel cancer screening home test, which checks if you could have bowel cancer.
People who are the right age are sent a free NHS FIT (Faecal Immunochemical Test) kit every two years. You use it to collect a small sample of poo and post it back to an NHS lab.
The campaign by NHS London, “Your next poo could save your life”, urges more people to use their kit – a message we wholeheartedly endorse.
Screening can help prevent bowel cancer and find it at an early stage when it’s easier to treat. People who complete their screening are 25% less likely to die of bowel cancer.
The kits are for people with no symptoms and most people get the all-clear.
If you are aged 56, 58 (on or after 16 May 2022) or 60 to 74 and we have your correct address, you will be sent a kit every 2 years. Please use it. By April 2025, bowel cancer screening kits will be for everyone aged 50 to 74 in England.
To find out more and hear from other Londoners about their experience of bowel cancer screening, visit www.healthylondon.org/bcs.
If you have symptoms of bowel cancer which last for three weeks or more, please contact the practice and ask for an appointment.