COVID-19 vaccination service

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There is one week to go to get your COVID-19 vaccines at a number of GPs, pharmacies and vaccination centres across the county. 

Walk in appointments TODAY at the The Spire, High St, Poole BH15 1DF, anytime between 2 - 6pm.

Book an appointment via the National Booking service or attend a walk-in clinic before 15 December. 

All adults aged 65 and over, carers, pregnant women, and frontline health and social care staff are eligible for a COVID-19 booster jab this autumn and winter, as well as anyone with underlying health conditions or who are considered at higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19.



Who can get an autumn Covid booster?

The flu and COVID-19 vaccines are offered to people most at risk of getting seriously ill from catching these viruses or who are most likely to pass the illness onto other people at risk.

Those who can get both vaccines through the NHS will include everyone aged 65 and over, pregnant women, care home residents, people with certain health conditions, frontline health and care staff, unpaid carers and household contacts of those at higher risk.

If you are eligible, it is important to top up your protection, even if you have had a vaccine or been ill with flu or COVID-19 before, as immunity fades over time and flu and COVID-19 viruses change each year.

You may be invited to get your free winter vaccine by the NHS through the NHS App, text, email or letter.

You do not have to wait for an invite before booking an appointment. If you are eligible, please do book or attend a walk-in clinic. 

Where you can get your vaccination

COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Dorset

The table below outlines your vaccination clinics across the county. For some general practice run clinics, where you are a registered patient of a GP practice within a Primary Care Network (PCN) listed, you will be invited to book in via their Local Booking Service.  

For all Vaccination Centre (VC) and Community Pharmacy (CP) and some PCN sites these are bookable via the National Booking Service by searching 'Covid booking service' or by calling 119.

NBS

National Booking System - book via the National Booking System or by calling 119

LBS

Local Booking System - you will be invited directly by your local PCN / GP Practice

VC Vaccination Centre at a community hospital or community setting
PCN Primary Care Network of GP practices
CP Community pharmacy

 

Autumn and winter sites offering COVID-19 vaccinations

 

Site name 

Address

How to book

5-11yrs

12-15yrs

16-17yrs

18yrs+

Blandford 

             
Satellite Vaccination Centre, Dorset HealthCare Blandford Community Hospital (Outpatient Clinic) Mildown Road, Blandford Forum, DT11 7DD NBS Yes Yes Yes No
Blandford PCN The Blandford Group Practice White Cliff Surgery, Whitecliff Mill Street, Blandford Forum, DT11 7BH LBS No No No Yes
               

Bridport & Jurassic

             
Satellite Vaccination Centre, Dorset HealthCare Langdon Ward Bridport Community Hospital, Bridport, DT6 5DR NBS Yes Yes Yes Yes
Community Pharmacies Beaminster Pharmacy 20 Hogshill Street, Beaminster, DT8 3AA NBS Yes Yes Yes Yes
  Jhoots Pharmacy (Bridport) Bridport Medical Centre, West Allington, W Allington, Bridport, DT6 5BN NBS No No Yes Yes
  Jhoots Pharmacy (Lyme Regis) Lyme Regis Medical Centre, 2 Uplyme Road, Lyme Regis, DT7 3LS NBS No No Yes Yes

Bournemouth

             
Vaccination Centre, Dorset HealthCare Kings Park Hospital Meyrick Ward, Gloucester Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, BH7 6JF NBS Yes Yes Yes Yes
Poole Bay & Bournemouth PCN Westbourne Medical Centre 1 Milburn Road, Westbourne, Bournemouth, BH4 9HJ LBS No No Yes Yes
South Coast Medical Group PCN Marine Surgery 29 Belle Vue Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth, BH6 3DB NBS & LBS Yes Yes Yes Yes
Community Pharmacies Avicenna Pharmacy (Bearwood) Unit 4 Bearwood Centre, King John Avenue, Bournemouth, BH11 9TF NBS No No Yes Yes
  Avicenna Pharmacy (West Howe) 24-26 Cunningham Crescent, Bournemouth, BH11 8DH NBS No No Yes Yes
  Boots Pharmacy, Bournemouth 18-20 Commercial Road, Bournemouth, BH2 5NL NBS No Yes Yes Yes
  C&M Chemists (Southbourne) 29a Belle Vue Road, Southbourne, BH6 3DB NBS No No Yes Yes
  Castle Lane Pharmacy 482 Castle Lane W, Bournemouth, BH8 9UD NBS No No Yes Yes
  Healthpoint Pharmacy 171 Tuckton Road, Tuckton, Bournemouth, BH6 3LA NBS No No Yes Yes
  Rowlands Pharmacy (Tolpuddle Gardens) 3 Tolpuddle Gardens, Bournemouth, BH9 3RE NBS No Yes Yes Yes
  Tuckton Pharmacy 160 Tuckton Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth, BH6 3JX NBS No Yes Yes Yes
  C&M Chemists (Boscombe) 1215 Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, BH7 6BW NBS No Yes Yes Yes
  Day Lewis Pharmacy (Boscombe) Shelley Manor Medical Centre, Beechwood Avenue, Boscombe, Bournemouth, BH5 1LX NBS No Yes Yes Yes

Christchurch, Ringwood & Verwood 

             
Christchurch PCN Christchurch Medical Practice 1 Purewell Cross Road, Christchurch, BH23 3AF NBS & LBS Yes Yes Yes Yes
Crane Valley PCN Lake Road Surgery Lake Road, Verwood, BH31 6EH LBS Yes Yes Yes Yes
Community Pharmacies The Grove Pharmacy Fairmile Road, Fairmile, Christchurch, BH23 2FQ NBS No Yes Yes Yes
  Ashley Heath Pharmacy 2 High Street, Ashley Heath, Ringwood, BH24 2HP NBS Yes Yes Yes Yes
  Verwood Pharmacy 23 Station Road, Verwood, BH31 7PY NBS No No Yes Yes

Mid Dorset & Dorchester

             
Community Pharmacies Tout's Pharmacy Unit 1 Atrium Health Centre, 5 Weymouth Avenue, Dorchester, DT1 1QS NBS No No Yes Yes
  Victoria Park Pharmacy 14 Maud Road, Dorchester, DT1 2LW NBS Yes Yes Yes Yes
  Wellbeing Pharmacy, Piddlehinton Unit 52F, Enterprise Park, Piddlehinton, Dorchester, DT2 7UA NBS No No Yes Yes

North Dorset - Sherborne, Sturminster Newton, Gillignham & Shaftesbury

           
Satellite Vaccination Centre, Dorset HealthCare Yeatman Hospital Hospital Lane, Sherborne, DT9 3JU NBS Yes Yes Yes Yes
Satellite Vaccination Centre, Dorset HealthCare Westminster Memorial Hospital Abbey walk, Shaftesbury, SP7 8BD NBS Yes Yes Yes No
Community Pharmacies The Abbey Pharmacy 83 Cheap Street, Sherborne, DT9 3BA NBS No Yes Yes Yes
  Avicenna Pharmacy (The Barn Pharmacy) Newbury, Gillingham, SP8 4XS NBS No No Yes Yes
  Stalbridge Pharmacy High Street, Stalbridge, Sturminster Newton, DT10 2LL NBS No No Yes Yes
  Jhoots Pharmacy (Shaftesbury) Abbey View Medical Centre, Hawksdene Lane, Shaftesbury, SP7 8DH NBS No No Yes Yes

Poole 

             
Shore Medical PCN Heatherview Medical Centre 2, Alder Park, 2 Alder Road, Parkstone, Poole, BH12 4AY LBS No No No Yes
Community Pharmacies Broadstone Village Pharmacy 192c Lower Blandford Rd, Broadstone, Poole, Broadstone, BH18 8DP NBS Yes Yes Yes Yes
  CrestPharmacy (Canford Heath Pharmacy) next to Canford Group Practice, 9 Mitchell Rd, Canford Heath, Poole, BH17 8UE NBS No Yes Yes Yes
  Rowlands Pharmacy (Oakdale) 315 Wimborne Road, Oakdale, Poole, BH15 3DH NBS No Yes Yes Yes
  Rowlands Pharmacy (Upton Cross) Unit 2, Dorchester Road, Upton, Poole, BH16 5NJ NBS No Yes Yes Yes
  Wallisdown Pharmacy 337 Wallisdown Road, Poole, BH12 5BU NBS No No Yes Yes
  Bryant Pharmacy 462 Ashley Road, Parkstone, Poole, BH14 0AD NBS No Yes Yes Yes
  Day Lewis PLC, Lilliput Lilliput Medical Centre, Elms Avenue, Lilliput, Poole, BH14 8EE NBS No No Yes Yes
  AutoMeds (Wellbeing Pharmacy Poole) 45, Wessex Trade Centre, Ringwood Road, Poole, BH12 3PG NBS No No Yes Yes
  Rowlands Pharmacy (Long Fleet Road) 117A Longfleet Road, Poole, BH15 2HX NBS No Yes Yes Yes

Purbeck 

             
Satellite Vaccination Centre, Dorset HealthCare Wareham Hospital Streche Road, Wareham, BH20 4QQ NBS Yes Yes Yes Yes
Community Pharmacies Day Lewis PLC, Wareham 11-13 South Street, Wareham, BH20 4LR NBS No No Yes Yes
  Well Swanage 40 Station Road, Swanage, BH19 1AF NBS No No Yes Yes

Weymouth & Portland 

             
Vaccination Centre, Dorset HealthCare Linden Unit Westhaven Community Hospital, Weymouth, DT4 0QE NBS Yes Yes Yes Yes
Satellite Vaccination Centre, Dorset HealthCare Portland Hospital ( Saturdays)  Castle Rd, Castletown, Portland, DT5 1AX NBS Yes Yes Yes Yes
Community Pharmacies Well Weymouth 27 Buxton Road, Weymouth, DT4 9PQ NBS No No Yes Yes
  Weymouth Pharmacy 26 Abbotsbury Road, Weymouth, DT4 0AE NBS No No Yes Yes
  Jhoots Pharmacy (Weymouth) 22 Gloucester Street, Weymouth, DT4 7AW NBS No No Yes Yes

Wimborne & Ferndown 

             
Community Pharmacies Colehill Pharmacy Shop 3, 42 Middlehill Road, Wimborne, BH21 2SE NBS No Yes Yes Yes
  Parley Cross Pharmacy 143 New Road, West Parley, Ferndown, BH22 8EB NBS No Yes Yes Yes
  Meds2Home Pharmacy Post Office, Rear of, 97 Victoria Road, Ferndown, BH22 9HU NBS No No Yes Yes
  Wellbeing Pharmacy (Sturminster Marshall) 66 High Street, Sturminster Marshall, Wimborne, BH21 4AY NBS No No Yes Yes
             

 

Walk-in opportunities

Our Dorset HealthCare vaccination teams are running walk-in COVID booster vaccination clinics at the following locations listed below. No appointment needed to attend these just turn up during the clinic times listed below.

December

Date

Time

Location

Thursday 7 December

anytime between 2pm - 6pm

The Spire, High St, Poole BH15 1DF

Friday 8 December

anytime 10.30am - 3.30pm

Yeatman Community Hospital

Saturday 9 December

anytime 9am - 5.30pm 

Portland Community Hospital

Monday 11 December

anytime 9.30am - 4.30pm

Wareham Community Hospital

Tuesday 12 December

anytime between 12.30 midday and 7.30pm 

King's Park Community hospital in Boscombe

Tuesday 12 December

anytime between 9am - 5.30pm

Linden Unit in Weymouth

Wednesday 15 December

anytime between 9am - 5.30pm

Bridport Community Hospital

Thursday 14 December

anytime between 10am - 1pm

Henry Brown Centre, Cunningham Crescent, West Howe

 

Vaccinations for children and young people

Clinics for children and young people

The vaccine continues to offer the best protection for people of all ages to stay well while the virus is still circulating in our schools and communities. It’s particularly important for those who may be at risk due to a health condition or because of a weakened immune system, or who are living with someone who has a weakened immune system.

Children’s clinics open their doors from the 6 November for at risk patients at the following sites across the county:

  • Kings Park Hospital, Boscombe (this clinic offers access to a quiet sensory room, please request upon booking)
  • Linden Unit, Weymouth (this clinic offers access to a quiet sensory room, please request upon booking)
  • Langdon Ward, Bridport Community Hospital (outpatient clinic)
  • Wareham Hospital
  • Portland Community Hospital (12yrs +)

Children’s clinic appointments are bookable online via the National Booking Service

Easy read guide

COVID vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 who are most likely to get very poorly from coronavirus

Sensory room 

Relaxing, dedicated spaces are available at our King's park and Linden unit vaccination centres for young people and adults with learning disabilities or severe mental health conditions or anyone that needs a little extra support. 

Our sensory rooms provide a calm, quiet space away from the communal waiting area that may be noisy or cause anxiety. Find out more in our news story.

 

 


Additional support

Our staff are on hand to talk through any additional needs you or your loved one may have prior or during your appointment. 

Queit rooms avaliable at King's Park and Linden Unit community vaccination centres

Relaxing, dedicated spaces are available at our larger clinics for young people and adults with learning disabilities or severe mental health conditions or anyone that is needle phobic or may need a little extra support. 

Our quiet spaces provide a calm, quiet area away from the communal waiting and vaccinating places that may be noisy or cause anxiety for some people.  

Support getting to your vaccination appointment

Anyone who does not have access to transport can get help to attend their vaccination appointment via community transport services.

For more information please visit:

BCP Council area - https://sedcat.org.uk/need-help-with-transport-for-your-covid-vaccine

Dorset Council area - Dorset Community Transport Directory - Dorset Council

FAQs

Read our frequently asked questions for answers to general questions including what to do if you've had COVID before, if you are housebound and which vaccine is being used.

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