Flu season is nearly here. Our booked clinics start early October, Wed 1st, Thurs 2nd, Fri 3rd and then the big clinic on Sat 4th October and then walk in clinics the following week every morning from 0700 to 1130. For the 1st time, we also deliver a small number of COVID vaccinations for the over 75 year olds and immunosuppressed on that Sat 4th. So PLEASE book with the link or contact us to get booked in to help protect yourself and your loved ones.
We want to vaccinate as many eligible patients as possible and as early as possible. The criteria is below
FLU ELIGIBILITY
From 1 September 2025:
- pregnant women
- all children aged 2 or 3 years old (on 31 August 2025)
- all primary school aged children (from Reception class to Year 6)
- secondary school-aged children from Years 7 to 11
- all children in clinical risk groups aged from 6 months to less than 18 years
From 1 October 2025:
- those aged 18 to under 65 years in clinical risk groups such as those with:
- those aged 65 years and over
- 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
- Locum GPs [footnote 1]
- frontline staff employed by the following types of social care providers without employer led occupational health schemes
- those living in long-stay residential care homes or nursing homes other long-stay health or social care facilities or a house bound Patient (defined in the ES specification) [footnote 1]
Examples of those in clinical risk groups:
- chronic (long-term) respiratory disease, such as asthma (requires continuous or repeated use of inhaled or systemic steroids or with previous exacerbations requiring hospital admission), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or bronchitis
- chronic heart disease, such as heart failure
- chronic kidney disease at stage 3, 4 or 5
- chronic liver disease
- chronic neurological disease, such as Parkinson’s disease or motor neurone disease
- learning disability
- diabetes and adrenal insufficiency
- splenic dysfunction or asplenia
- a weakened immune system due to disease (such as HIV/AIDS) or treatment (such as cancer treatment)
- morbidly obese (defined as BMI of 40 and above)
Examples of social care providers without employer-led occupational health schemes:
- registered domiciliary care provider
- Direct Payment (personal budgets) and/or Personal Health Budgets, such as Personal Assistants
- a registered residential care/ nursing home [footnote 1]
- a voluntary managed hospice provider [footnote 1]
COVID ELIGIBILITY
The announced and authorised cohorts eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine in AW 2025/26 are:
- 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.
Campaign runs from 1st October to 31st Jan 2026, however the majority should be completed by 19th December.