Flu and COVID-19 VACCINATION UPDATE

Autumn Flu and Covid-19 Vaccination program 2025
Please note that we will start to our seasonal vaccination program on 1st of September 2025 for most vulnerable cohorts and 1st Oct 2025 for rest of eligible adult cohort and work our way as per guidance on the eligibility and timeline provided by NHS England.
We will send out booking links or contact you as soon as we get our deliveries and your cohort becomes eligible
Programme dates
- Pregnant women and all eligible children will start from 1st September 2025. For school aged cohorts, vaccination in schools will be completed by 12 December 2025 with further catch-up opportunities as appropriate.
- All other adult cohorts will start from 1 October 2025 and will run until the 31 March 2026. Although, we anticipate that the majority of vaccinations will be completed by the end of December 2025 to provide the best possible protection going into winter.
- The COVID-19 programme will run from 1 October 2025 to 31 Jan 2026. However, the majority of COVID-19 vaccinations should be completed by 19 December 2025 as per NHS England advice.
Eligibility
Authorised cohorts eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine in AW 2025/26 are:
- residents in a care home for older adults
- all adults aged 75 years and over
- persons aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed
Authorised cohorts eligible for a Flu vaccine in AW 2025/26 are:
From 1 September 2025:
- pregnant women
- all children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2025
- 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
From 1st October 2025:
- those aged 65 years and over
- those aged 18 years to under 65 years in clinical risk groups (as defined by the green book)
- those 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
Thank you for your patience.
Page last reviewed: 02 September 2025
Page created: 09 June 2021
Page created: 09 June 2021