You can still get a free flu vaccine through community pharmacies. If you are eligible for these please find a clinic at: Find a pharmacy

Read more: Flu vaccine – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Covid-19 winter boosters

The seasonal Covid-19 vaccine winter booster offer has now ended. People eligible for the Spring 2025 booster will be contacted by the NHS soon.

People newly diagnosed as immunosuppressed or who fit eligibilty criteria, please contact your GP or hospital specialist to request vaccination outside the seasonal programme. 

Covid-19  vaccine information for patients with complex needs (i.e. allergies): There is no longer an alternative to the standard mRNA Covid vaccine and NHS advice is to ensure that patients are offered the standard vaccine in an appropriate clinical setting. Referral is by GP or hospital specialist to the Churchill Hospital, Oxford.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

RSV is a very common virus and causes hundreds of thousands of infections across the UK each winter. The NHS offers a vaccine for RSV, a common cause of coughs and colds as well as more serious lung infections in older people and young babies. It is given to:

• anyone aged 75 to 79  – your GP will send an RSV vaccination invite
• pregnant women from 28 weeks, to protect their babies from bronchiolitis – speak to your maternity service or GP surgery about the vaccine.

If invited for an RSV vaccine, book now and protect yourself and your baby.

Find out more here: RSV vaccine – NHS