Vaccination in Camden Haven

Get Vaccinated Today 

Vaccination against harmful illnesses involves using your body’s natural defenses to build resistance to specific strains of infection. Immunisation not only protects you, but the whole Camden Haven community by helping control the spread of infectious diseases. 

If you’ve taken personal leave from work to receive your vaccinations, we offer absence from work certificates. To check what vaccinations we have on offer or to find out if you’re eligible for free vaccinations, book an appointment at North Haven Pharmacy today.

Flu immunisation 

Between April and September 2019, more than 3700 people were hospitalised with influenza. Getting your annual flu vaccination can assist in preventing influenza. The National Immunisation Program (NIP) offers free flu vaccinations to eligible people including:

• People aged 65 & older 
• Pregnant women 
• All Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people aged 6 months or over 
• People aged 6 months & older with medical conditions that put them at risk of complications from the flu 
• Children 6 months old to less than 5 years old. 

In New South Wales, accredited pharmacists may administer flu vaccinations for people aged 10 years and older. To book your family in for the annual flu immunisation, please don’t hesitate to call us at North Haven Pharmacy today. We advise receiving the flu vaccination from April to help minimise your chances of contracting influenza. 

Whooping cough or pertussis is a contagious bacterial infection that affects babies, children and adults. This disease is spread via respiratory droplets when an infected person sneezes or coughs. At North Haven Pharmacy, we offer whooping cough vaccination for people aged 16 years and older. Whooping cough symptoms present themselves as similar to a cold that progresses into cough with a distinctive ‘whoop’ sound when you breathe in. Symptoms may include:

Measles, mumps & rubella immunisation

At North Haven Pharmacy, we provide a measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) combination vaccination to people aged 16 years and older. If your child is under 19 years old, they are eligible to receive free MMR combination vaccination. Similar to influenza and whooping cough, these three contagious viral infections are all spread via respiratory droplets when an infected person sneezes or coughs.

MMR vaccinations are provided in two doses at least four weeks apart. It’s safe to have been administered the vaccine more than twice. If you’re unsure whether you were vaccinated as a child, our pharmacists can offer you the MMR vaccination. 

Getting vaccinated is our best chance of controlling the spread of infectious diseases. You may be eligible to receive free vaccinations under the National Immunisation Program. To find out more about what vaccinations we offer, contact us at North Haven Pharmacy today.