Dear Parents and Carers,
As a school we have received the following guidance from North Somerset Council's Health Improvement Specialist. Please can you take a moment to read this and refer to this link for further detail:
"We are writing to ask for your support in encouraging all year 13 students to go to their
GP surgery for vaccination to protect them against meningococcal W disease.
Meningococcal disease is a rare but life-threatening disease that can cause meningitis
(inflammation of the brain) and septicaemia (blood poisoning). Both diseases are very
serious and can kill.
Many students will have received meningococcal C vaccination in year 9 or 10 but will
not have received protection against meningococcal W disease. It is very important
that students receive vaccination, as young people are most at risk. It is being offered
in response to a rapidly growing increase in cases of a highly aggressive strain of
meningococcal W. The vaccine also protects against three other meningococcal
groups too – A, C and Y.
Thank you in advance for your continued support, we appreciate that Year 13 is a very
busy year for students and staff.
Fiona Miles, Health Improvement Specialist Health Protection
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