Who is eligible for a free NHS flu vaccination?
The flu vaccine is offered to people most at risk of getting seriously ill from flu or who are most likely to pass flu to other people at risk. The following people are eligible for the free flu vaccine this season:
- all children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2023
- all school aged children (from Reception to Year 11)
- those aged 6 months of age upwards in a clinical risk group (as set out in the Green Book)
- people that are pregnant
- those aged 65 years and over
- those in long-stay residential care homes
- carers in receipt of a carer’s allowance, or who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person
- those that live with someone who is more likely to get infections (such as someone living with HIV, has had a transplant or is having certain treatments for cancer, lupus or rheumatoid arthritis
- frontline workers in a social care setting that do not have access to occupational health
You can have the NHS flu vaccination at:
- Your GP surgery
- Participating pharmacies
Getting your children vaccinated this winter
Flu vaccination in pregnancy
Flu vaccinations for school children
The Essex Partnership University Trust (EPUT) will provide flu vaccinations in schools this autumn. Protecting your child against flu also helps safeguard the wider community.
