PENSIONERS who are over 65 are being urged to get their annual flu vaccination.
Supplies of this year's up to date vaccination against the effects of Influenza are already arriving at GP practices throughout the area.
Everyone over 65 is automatically eligible for the vaccination as well as people suffering from chronic disease including heart disease, a bad chest, diabetes or kidney disease.
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