cold and flu

Winter flu & COVID-19 Vaccines

We’re running vaccination clinics this autumn and winter to help protect our patients against flu and COVID-19. You will be sent a text to book a date.

 

Who can get the flu vaccine?

From September 2025, we can vaccinate:

  • pregnant women
  • all children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2025
  • primary school aged children (from Reception to Year 6)
  • secondary school aged children (from Year 7 to Year 11)
  • all children in clinical risk groups aged from 6 months to less than 18 years

From October 2025 (exact start date to be confirmed by NHS England), we can vaccinate:

  • those aged 65 years and over
  • those aged 18 years to under 65 years in clinical risk groups (as defined by the Green Book, Influenza chapter 19)
  • those in long-stay residential care homes
  • carers in receipt of carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person
  • close contacts of immunocompromised individuals
  • frontline workers in a social care setting without an employer led occupational health scheme including those working for a registered residential care or nursing home, registered domiciliary care providers, voluntary managed hospice providers and those that are employed by those who receive direct payments (personal budgets) or Personal Health budgets, such as Personal Assistants
 

Who can get the COVID-19 vaccine?

The start date will be confirmed by NHS England soon. We can vaccinate:

  • residents in a care home for older adults
  • all adults aged 75 years and over
  • persons aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed, as defined in tables 3 and 4 of the COVID-19 chapter of the Green Book.

Flu and COVID-19 viruses change each year and the protection from previous vaccines fades over time. Getting vaccinated every year gives you the best chance of avoiding serious illness this winter.

Published: Aug 15, 2025