Flu Vaccine – 2026-27

Posted on September 22nd, 2026

Eligibility

There are no changes to eligible cohorts for the 2026 to 2027 programme. The following cohorts, based on the advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), are announced and authorised to be eligible to receive a flu vaccination:

From 1 September 2026:

• pregnant women
• all children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2026
• primary school and secondary school-aged children (from reception to year 11)
  • (individuals 17 years and over attending a special education needs (SEN) school and who are in a clinical risk group may also be vaccinated alongside their peers)
• all children in clinical risk groups aged from 6 months to less than 18 years

From 1 October 2026:

• those aged 65 years and over
• those aged 18 years to under 65 years in clinical risk groups
• 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, including those working for a registered residential care or nursing home, registered domiciliary care providers, voluntary managed hospice providers and those that are employed by those who receive direct payments (personal budgets), or Personal Health budgets, such as personal assistants

We will contact all eligible patients to book, however if you meet the eligibility criteria and want to book, please feel free to call us or pop in.