MMR & Flu Vaccination Day 2023

This is open to everyone, so don’t miss the chance to protect you and your whānau.

Details:

When: Saturday the 29th of April 2023 from 9am – 3pm

Where: Tauranga Moana City GP Clinic

Appointments required. Please book by calling the clinic at 07 571 2017. Office hours are from Monday to Friday, 8am to 4:30pm.

Appointments
for flu vaccines take 10 minutes, while MMR take 15 minutes. Please
allow some time for some observation after the vaccine of 10 minutes for
flu and 20 minutes for MMR.

Non-funded Vaccines

The flu vaccine costs $32 for those who aren’t eligible for a free flu vaccine.

Please note that we are only vaccinating eligible MMR patients, so it will be free for those eligible.

Funded (FREE) Vaccines

Eligibility criteria for free flu vaccination:

• Pregnant people (any trimester).
• People aged 65 years older.
• Māori and Pacific peoples aged 55 to 64 years.
• People
  under 65 years of age who have schizophrenia, major depressive
  disorder, bipolar disorder, or schizoaffective disorder; OR are
  currently accessing secondary or tertiary mental health and addiction
  services.
• Children aged 6 months to 12 years inclusive – note: they may need 2 vaccines.
• People aged 6 months to under 65 years with certain medical conditions.

Eligibility criteria for free MMR vaccination:

• Anyone
  born on/after 1 January 1969 who has not had two doses of the MMR
  vaccine should have the MMR vaccine. Anyone born earlier than this is
  considered immune.

Please note: We are focusing on the
unvaccinated adults and young adults. MMR is part of the child’s
immunisations schedule at 12 and 15 months and we will not be doing normal baby immunisations during this clinic.