Local GPs have issued a stark warning for patients to take up the offer of their free flu jab, or face the prospect of serious illness or worse - this winter.
Early indications are that the uptake of the free vaccination is low and the worst seen in some areas for almost ten years.
Local health professionals are attributing the fall in uptake to the mild October.
But GPs are saying that the flu virus will catch people by surprise if they are not immunised in time.
Free flu jabs are available to anyone aged 65 or over and to those deemed to be at risk, such as people with serious heart or chest conditions, kidney failure or diabetes. …
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