Dear Patient,
We are delighted to share that our recent Flu and Covid vaccination clinics — held both at the Practice and at the Royal British Legion — were a great success!
We now have a limited number of appointments remaining and are pleased to offer eligible (please see criteria below) patients the opportunity to attend vaccination clinics at the Practice during the week.
- Flu vaccine appointments will be available until the end of November 2025.
- Covid vaccine appointments will be available until the end of October 2025.
Please read the information below carefully, and if you believe you are eligible, complete the form at the bottom of the page.
Key Changes from Autumn/Winter 2024 to 2025
- The COVID-19 vaccine cohort has significantly reduced.
- At-risk patients and frontline staff are no longer eligible for COVID-19 vaccination this season.
- Adults aged 65–74 are no longer eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations this season.
- This has resulted in a reduction of eligible population by more than half in many areas.
COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility – Autumn/Winter 2025
The following groups are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine this season:
- Residents in care homes for older adults
- Adults aged 75 years and over
- Individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed, as defined in Tables 3 and 4 of Chapter 14a of the Green Book
Please note:
- The vaccine should be offered no earlier than 6 months after the last dose.
- Those eligible can receive the vaccine even if they have not previously taken up a COVID-19 vaccine offer.
Flu Vaccine Eligibility – Autumn/Winter 2025
The flu vaccine programme remains unchanged from 2024. Eligible groups include:
- aged 2 and 3 years on 31 August 2025 (now also available via community pharmacy from 1 October 2025)
- eligible school-aged children (Reception to Year 11)
- those aged 6 months to under 65 years in clinical risk groups
- pregnant women
- all those aged 65 years and over
- those in long-stay residential care homes
- carers in receipt of carer’s allowance or main carer of an older or disabled person
- household contacts of immunocompromised individuals
- frontline health and social care staff
Flu vaccinations for pregnant women and children will commence from 1 September 2025, with the main adult campaign starting 1 October 2025.
COVID-19: the green book chapter
Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination information for public health professionals.
If you think you are eligible, and haven’t been called, please fill in this form:
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