COVID-19 Vaccination
Further booster vaccinations are being offered to strengthen protection against COVID-19 for people who are particularly at risk of serious illness. This winter, booster COVID vaccinations are being offered to eight groups of people:
- People aged 65 or over
- Residents and staff in care homes for older adults
- People aged 6 months and over with a condition that places them at higher risk
- Pregnant women
- Frontline healthcare workers
- Frontline social care workers
- Carers (including unpaid and young carers aged 16 and over)
- Those aged 12 or over who are a household contact of someone with a weakened immune system
If you are in one of these groups, you should already have been contacted about your vaccination appointment – please do your best to attend.
In addition, you are eligible for a free flu vaccine if you are in one of these groups:
- Children aged 6 months to 2 years at higher risk of flu
- Children aged 2 to 5 (and not yet in school) on 1 September 2023
- All primary and secondary school pupils
- People aged 18 to 64 with a health condition that makes them eligible
- People aged 50 and over
- Nursery, primary and secondary school teachers and pupil-facing support staff
- Prison population, prison officers and support staff who deliver direct front-facing detention services
- Non-frontline NHS healthcare workers
Please do not contact your GP to book an appointment.
More guidance and information is available on NHS Inform’s coronavirus vaccine page – https://www.nhsinform.scot/covid-19-vaccine
Both flu and COVID-19 vaccines will be offered to people most vulnerable to illness and, where possible, administered at the same time. Clinical advice and evidence show that administration of both vaccines together is a safe and efficient way to deliver maximum protection.
Drop in clinics
If you are eligible for a flu or COVID-19 vaccination, you can visit a drop in clinic to receive it without an appointment. You may have to wait to receive your vaccinations if the clinic is busy.
Drop in clinics will be open at the following locations:
DAY | DATE | LOCATION NAME | MORNING | AFTERNOON |
MONDAY | 20/11/2023 | ANNAN VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 |
CASTLE DOUGLAS VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
MOUNTAINHALL VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
TUESDAY | 21/11/2023 | GRETNA RICHARD GREENHOWE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:30 |
CATSTRANDS, NEW GALLOWAY | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:30 | ||
MOUNTAINHALL VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
THORNHILL HOSPITAL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
WAVERLEY MEDICAL CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
WEDNESDAY | 22/11/2023 | MOUNTAINHALL VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 |
NEWTON STEWART HOSPITAL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
SANQUHAR COMMUNITY HALL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
THURSDAY | 23/11/2023 | CASTLE DOUGLAS VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 |
MOUNTAINHALL VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
WAVERLEY MEDICAL CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
FRIDAY | 24/11/2023 | DALBEATTIE TOWNHALL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:30 |
MOUNTAINHALL VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
GLENLUCE VILLAGEHALL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:30 | ||
THORNHILL HOSPITAL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
SATURDAY | 25/11/2023 | CASTLE DOUGLAS VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 |
MOFFAT HOSPITAL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
MOUNTAINHALL VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
WAVERLEY MEDICAL CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
SUNDAY | 26/11/2023 | ANNAN VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 |
KIRKCUDBRIGHT HOSPITAL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
MOUNTAINHALL VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
NEWTON STEWART HOSPITAL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
SANQUHAR COMMUNITY HALL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
MONDAY | 27/11/2023 | ANNAN VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 |
CANONBIE PUBLIC HALL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
MOUNTAINHALL VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
TUESDAY | 28/11/2023 | ANNAN VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 |
KIRKCUDBRIGHT HOSPITAL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
MOFFAT HOSPITAL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
MOUNTAINHALL VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
THORNHILL HOSPITAL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
WAVERLEY MEDICAL CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
WEDNESDAY | 29/11/2023 | MOUNTAINHALL VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 |
NEWTON STEWART HOSPITAL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
SANQUHAR COMMUNITY HALL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
THURSDAY | 30/11/2023 | CASTLE DOUGLAS VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 |
MOUNTAINHALL VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
WAVERLEY MEDICAL CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
FRIDAY | 01/12/2023 | ANNAN VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 |
CASTLE DOUGLAS VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
MOUNTAINHALL VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
NEWTON STEWART HOSPITAL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
SATURDAY | 02/12/2023 | CASTLE DOUGLAS VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 |
MOFFAT HOSPITAL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
MOUNTAINHALL VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
WAVERLEY MEDICAL CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
SUNDAY | 03/12/2023 | ANNAN VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 |
KIRKCUDBRIGHT HOSPITAL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
MOUNTAINHALL VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
NEWTON STEWART HOSPITAL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
SANQUHAR COMMUNITY HALL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
MONDAY | 04/12/2023 | ANNAN VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 |
CANONBIE PUBLIC HALL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
CASTLE DOUGLAS VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
MOUNTAINHALL VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
NEW ABBEY VILLAGE HALL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
TUESDAY | 05/12/2023 | KIRKCUDBRIGHT HOSPITAL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 |
MOUNTAINHALL VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
THORNHILL HOSPITAL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
WAVERLEY MEDICAL CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
WEDNESDAY | 06/12/2023 | ANNAN VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 |
KIRKCUDBRIGHT HOSPITAL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
NEWTON STEWART HOSPITAL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
SANQUHAR COMMUNITY HALL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
THURSDAY | 07/12/2023 | CASTLE DOUGLAS VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 |
MOUNTAINHALL VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
WAVERLEY MEDICAL CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
FRIDAY | 08/12/2023 | CANONBIE PUBLIC HALL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 |
CASTLE DOUGLAS VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
MOUNTAINHALL VACCINATION CENTRE | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-16:15 | ||
NEWTON STEWART HOSPITAL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 | ||
THORNHILL HOSPITAL | 09:30-12:15 | 13:30-15:00 |
COVID Vaccine Explainer
Further information
If you have any questions about the COVID-19 vaccine, visit nhsinform.scot/covid19vaccine