Seasonal Flu

Appointment invitations are now being sent out for patients to book for the seasonal flu vaccination.

Pregnant patients are a national priority, and can be vaccinated from 1st September 2025. Please contact the practice to book your vaccination.

We are holding 2 flu days – 1st October and 8th October and we will be vaccinating the following groups;

• Adults aged 65 years and over
• Adults aged 18 to 64 years with a qualifying health condition
• Carers of patients who are immunosuppressed

We will be providing alternative dates for the following groups:

Children aged 4 to 17 years with a qualifying health condition

All children who were aged 2 or 3 years on 31st August 2025

Please note that we cannot vaccinate ‘well’ children (those without a qualifying health condition) who have missed the vaccination at school.

For more information about the flu vaccination and eligibility, please click here.

The practice has a program in place to vaccinate housebound and care home patients between 9th and 21st October

Covid-19

For autumn 2025, COVID-19 vaccination will be offered to:

• adults aged 75 years and over
• residents in care homes for older adults
• individuals who are immunosuppressed aged 6 months and over

This represents a change from the autumn 2024 programme, which also included adults aged 65 to 74 and all those aged 6 months and over in a clinical risk group.

Eligibility for the immunosuppressed

We understand that having a weakened immune system (immunosuppression) is a lot less straight forward than the other criteria. Looking online can cause even more confusion, as people might see themselves (and be considered by others) as immunosuppressed but might not fit the immunosuppression criteria for vaccination.

So, what are the immunosuppression criteria? Eligibility is outlined in Chapter 14a of the Green Book, a document published by UKHSA specifically for public health professionals. It can be a complicated document for non-experts, so we’ve listed some of the groups here:

• Organ, bone marrow or stem cell transplant patients
• Those being treated with systemic steroids for more than a month
• Those living with HIV
• Those receiving immunosuppressive or immunomodulating biological therapy, including children who are about to receive therapy
• Those undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy
• Those requiring long-term treatment for immunosuppression
• Those with a history of haematological malignancy including chronic leukaemia, lymphomas, and leukaemia
• Those with genetic disorders affecting the immune system

While this list summarises some major groups, it does not cover everything. Please check online at nhs.uk/get-vaccine to see if you are eligible.