Flu vaccination 2025-26

Last Updated: Tuesday, 21 October 2025

All eligible patients are now invited to book their winter flu vaccines

Free flu vaccines are available for:

• Patients who are over 65 years of age (or will have turned 65 before 31st March 2026).
• Patients aged 6 months to under 65 years in clinical risk groups. 
• Pregnant women.
• Those in long stay residential care homes
• Carers in receipt of a carers allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person.
• Household contacts of immunosuppressed individuals. 

All patients who are eligible should now have received a text message or a letter.  If you think you may be eligible but have not yet received either a text or letter please call the surgery for advice. 

All eligible patients can book their appointments through either of the following methods:

1. The easiest and quickest way to book your appointment is to book through Patient Access or the NHS App – please ensure you pick the slot type called: ‘Flu Vaccination, visit our website to confirm your eligibility’
2. Those patients who have consented to receive text messages from the surgery will have been sent a text message which contains a link to the booking system. This will enable them to book directly into their chosen time slot.
3. Calling the main reception number after 10am each morning. This gives us time to deal with patients who require on the day appointments first.

If you do not want a flu vaccine this year, please advise the practice by either replying with DECLINE to the text message you receive, calling the main reception number, as above, or popping in and letting us know, when you are next passing.

Please keep checking this page for up-to-date information regarding the flu clinics.

Children

All children aged 2 or 3 years on 31st August 2025 have also now been sent a letter inviting them to book their free nasal flu vaccine spray.  If you would like to book an appointment for this please call the main reception number after 10am, as above.