It’s vital to ensure that people most at risk receive their vaccinations. Vaccination helps protect not only the individual but also people around them and supports the continuity of essential services.
As winter approaches flu can be serious especially for vulnerable individuals. Free NHS flu vaccines are still available for:
- adults aged 65+,
- people with long-term health conditions
- pregnant women
- children aged 2–16
- carers and close contacts of immunocompromised individuals,
- residents in long-stay care homes
- frontline health and social care workers.
Flu Vaccines are available via GP surgeries, pharmacies, and school-based programmes. See NHS Guidance and Booking
The COVID-19 vaccine helps protect against what is still a serious or life-threatening illness for some people. It’s usually offered on the NHS in spring and early winter to people who need extra protection from COVID-19.
Please note that free Covid 19 Vaccination are now only available if you:
- are aged 75 or over (including those who will be 75 by 31 January 2026)
- are aged 6 months to 74 years and have a weakened immune system because of a health condition or treatment
- live in a care home for older adults
Otherwise there is a charge of between £75 to £90 See NHS Guidance and Booking
A number of High Street chemists and private clinics sell and administer the Pfizer Covid vaccine directly to the public. You need to be aged 12 or above, and must not have had a Covid vaccine in the previous three months.
