At risk

You are eligible for the flu vaccination if you have:

  • abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • Addison’s disease, secondary or tertiary adrenal insufficiency requiring steroid replacement
  • alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
  • angina abnormal heart rhythm
  • asbestos-related conditions
  • asplenia
  • asthma (requiring steroids)
  • atherosclerosis
  • atrial fibrillation
  • benign tumour
  • biliary atresia
  • body mass index of 40 or above
  • bronchiectasis
  • bronchiolitis
  • Brugada syndrome
  • Budd Chiari
  • cardiac arrest
  • cardiomyopathy
  • cardiovascular disease
  • cerebral palsy
  • chronic hepatitis a, b, c, e
  • chronic kidney disease
  • chronic kidney failure
  • cirrhosis
  • coeliac disease
  • congenital heart disease
  • coronary heart disease
  • COPD
  • cystic fibrosis
  • dementia
  • diabetes: Type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes requiring insulin or oral hypoglycaemic drugs, diet-controlled diabetes
  • Down’s Syndrome
  • dysfunction of the spleen
  • emphysema
  • familial hypercholesterolaemia
  • gall stones
  • Gilbert’s syndrome
  • haemochromatosis
  • heart attack
  • heart failure
  • heart valve disease
  • hereditary spherocytosis
  • homozygous sickle cell disease
  • idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  • interstitial lung disease
  • kidney dialysis
  • kidney disease at stages 3, 4 or 5
  • kidney transplant – if you are waiting for or have had a kidney transplant
  • learning disabilities
  • liver cancer
  • long QT syndrome
  • lung cancer
  • mesothelioma
  • motor neurone disease
  • multiple sclerosis
  • nephrotic syndrome
  • non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
  • obstructive sleep apnoea
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • PCCD
  • polio
  • portal hypertension
  • primary sclerosing cholangitis
  • psoriasis with immunosuppression treatment
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • rheumatoid arthritis
  • sarcoidosis
  • stroke
  • thalassemia major
  • transient ischaemic attack
  • tuberculosis
  • Wilson’s disease

Please check with your GP if you are unsure if you are eligible.

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