COVID-19 and flu vaccinations autumn 2024

The NHS is urging everyone eligible for a COVID-19 or Flu jab to get vaccinated this autumn.

Groups eligible for a flu vaccination:

• pregnant women
• all children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2024
• 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.
• people aged 65 years and over
• those aged 18 years to under 65 years in clinical risk groups 
• people 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 people who receive direct payments (personal budgets) or Personal Health budgets, such as Personal Assistants.

Groups eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination:

• residents in a care home for older adults
• all adults aged 65 years and over
• persons aged 6 months to 64 years in a clinical risk group, including pregnant women
• frontline health and social care workers and staff in care homes for older adults.

All eligible people will be invited for their vaccinations by the NHS bookings team, or their GP practice. However, if you are eligible you do not have to wait to receive an invitation to be able to book an appointment or attend a walk-in clinic.

Vaccination appointments can be booked now using the National Booking service website or by calling 119. A local online walk-in clinic finder also shows a list of all walk-in clinics available across LLR, where no appointment is necessary.