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Winter vaccinations

Vaccinations can help protect you from becoming seriously ill or even needing hospital treatment.

This winter, the flu and COVID-19 vaccines are available to the following people but please check with your GP if you are unsure if you are eligible:

Group	Flu	COVID
Over 75	Yes	Yes
Age 65-74	Yes	No
Immunosuppressed people aged 6 months to 74 years	Yes	Yes
At risk people aged 6 months to 65 years	Yes	No
Pregnant women	Yes	No
Healthy school age children (reception to year 11)	Yes	No
Children aged 2 or 3 years (on 31 August 2025)	Yes	No
Frontline health and social care workers	Yes	No
Household contacts of immunosuppressed people	Yes	No
Carers*	Yes	No

*Carers are defined as: those who are eligible for a carer’s allowance, or those who are the sole or primary carer of an elderly or disabled person whose welfare may be at risk if the carer falls ill.

Other vaccinations:

You may also be eligible for other vaccinations to help protect against serious illnesses that are more common in winter, including pneumonia::

pneumococcal vaccine (if you’re aged 65 or over)
RSV vaccine (if you’re pregnant; if you’re aged 75 – 79; if you turned 80 on or after 1 September 2024, you’re eligible for the vaccine until 31 August 2025).

Find out more about being winter ready.