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.
