Flu and Covid

The groups we can offer for a COVID-19 vaccine in Autumn 2026 are:

• residents in a care home for older adults
• all adults aged 75 years and over (including individuals who turn 75 years old by 30th June 2026)
• Persons aged 18 years and over who are immunosuppressed, as defined in tables 3 and 4 of the COVID-19 chapter of the Green Book

From 1 September:

• pregnant women
• all children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2026
• primary school aged children (from Reception to Year 6)
• secondary school aged children (from Year 7 to Year 11)
• all children in clinical risk groups aged from 6 months to less than 18 years

From 1st October:

• those aged 65 years and over
• those aged 18 years to under 65 years in clinical risk groups (as defined by the Green Book, Influenza chapter 19 )
• those in long-stay residential care homes
• carers in receipt of carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person
• close contacts of immunocompromised individuals
• frontline workers in a social care setting without an employer led occupational health scheme