{"id":15,"date":"2026-09-11T13:31:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/docmed-blocks\/getting-ready-for-flu-season\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T13:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:31:22","slug":"getting-ready-for-flu-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/docmed-blocks\/getting-ready-for-flu-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting ready for flu season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our flu vaccine clinics start in the first week of October and run on weekday mornings and Saturdays until the end of November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who should book<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your doctor or pharmacist can tell you whether the vaccine is recommended for you. It is usually offered to older adults, people with long-term conditions, pregnant patients and some children, but the advice changes from year to year, so ask us if you are not sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are already unwell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please do not come to a vaccine clinic with a fever. Call the same-day line instead and we will advise you, and rebook your vaccine for when you are better. If you are having trouble breathing, call your local emergency number.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flu vaccine clinics start in October. Who they are for, how to book, and what to do if you are already unwell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":16,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[10,9],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-medicine","tag-seasonal","tag-vaccinations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/docmed-blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/docmed-blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/docmed-blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/docmed-blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/docmed-blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/docmed-blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/docmed-blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/docmed-blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/docmed-blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorlibhub.com\/docmed-blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}