Following
advice from Coventry Primary Care Trust and the UK Department of Health
the eligible students at this health centre are those:-
who are registered with either GP practice at the Health Centre AND
who have NOT had the Meningitis C vaccine before starting University
OR
Full-time "mature" students in their first year, living
in halls or at private addresses and who have not been vaccinated
OR
Full-time First Year students from overseas who have not had the Meningitis
C vaccine before OR
Overseas students who are commencing for the first time a postgraduate
course of study at this University and whose previous studies were
not in the UK - most of these will be resident on campus
NOTE
FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS - You have been requested to get vaccinated
before arrival in the UK. However, if you are eligible and have not
had the MenC vaccination, please contact us.
Students cannot have the Meningitis C vaccination if they have had
the Meningitis A+C vaccine in the last 3 years
(You
may have had these vaccinations either in the last 2 years at school
or when you started University)
IF
you meet these criteria the you should be vaccinated against one of
the causes of meningitis (called the meningococcal C infection) with
the MenC vaccine
If you are registered
with the University Health Centre then please book an appointment
to see the practice nurse with your practice.