COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing

Vaccination
For more information please visit nhs.uk. If you meet the current critera group, you can book an appointment via the National Booking Service or by calling 119.

Our Vaccination Centre Opening Hours

We will accept drop-ins for first and second doses of the vaccines we are running on the days we are operational, alongside those people arriving with booked appointments. Second doses must be at least 8 weeks after the first dose. There will be a separate queue for booked appointments and drop-ins. 

We are now accepting 16 and 17 year olds as drop-ins.

Please, where possible, book a vaccination appointment through the National Booking System.

Please note the Booster walk ins are not vaccine specific, however 2^nd doses have had to communicate specific vaccine.

The above timetable is for Home Park vaccination opening times. We welcome drop ins for first, second and booster doses of everyone over 12 years old. We will accept drop-ins throughout our opening times, and we will only temporarily halt walk ins if the centre is at capacity, for patient safety. We will do our best to avoid this and apologise for any potential inconvenience caused. If you want to avoid any disappointment please utilise the National Booking System.

For further information about future drop in services around Plymouth please follow @PlymouthCityCouncil or @NHSDEVONCCG on Facebook or Twitter or visit the NHS drop-in covid-19 vaccination site finder.

Information leaflets, including other languages

Public Health England has published various information leaflets about COVID-19 vaccination in various languages. Click on the links below to see all languages:

• What to expect after vaccination
• Guide for older adults
• Guide for women of childbearing age, currently pregnant or breastfeeding
• Easy-read leaflets (English only)

Further information:

• COV2021YP What to expect after your Covid-19 vaccination-young people 
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines side effects and safety - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
• Health conditions and coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
• Information for faith groups from the Inter Faith Network for the UK
• Translated government guidance on COVID-19 Tests has been updated

• Resources and facts about COVID-19 from the British Society for Immunology are available in Arabic, Spanish and Yiddish.  More languages will be added soon.

Testing

The main symptoms of coronavirus are: a high temperature, a new, continuous cough and a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste. Most people with coronavirus have at least one of these symptoms. If you have Covid-19 symptoms, get a PCR test as soon as possible. You can book a PCR test online on the gov.uk website or by ringing 119. We do not offer drop-in COVID-19 testing.

If you don't have Covid-19 symptoms, you should do a rapid test twice a week (every 3 to 4 days), to check if you have the virus. If people test positive and self-isolate, it helps stop the virus spreading. You can do these tests at home for free. You can order a pack of seven tests to be mailed to your home, or pick it up from a pharmacy or a test site. More information on how to get Lateral Flow Tests in the NHS website. If your rapid test comes out positive, you'll need to book a PCR test online, or by phoning 119.