COVID and Flu Autumn campaign 2026
We would like to inform you that the eligibility criteria for this year’s Autumn COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza vaccination programme.
We strongly recommend you to take up the vaccination to protect yourselves. For those eligible for both vaccines, we offer and encourage co-administered in a single appointment.
Invitations will be going out during August and September. Please note school aged children will be contacted through the school vaccination teams.
NHS-Eligible Cohorts for Seasonal Influenza Vaccination
From September 2026:
- Pregnant women
- All children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2026
- Primary school-aged children (Reception to Year 6)
- Secondary school-aged children (Year 7 to Year 11)
- Children aged 6 months to under 18 years in clinical risk groups
From October 2026:
- Adults aged 65 years and over
- Adults aged 18 to under 65 in clinical risk groups (as per Green Book, Chapter 19)
- Residents in long-stay care homes
- Carers in receipt of Carer’s Allowance or those who are the main carer for an elderly or disabled person
- Close contacts of immunocompromised individuals
- Frontline social care workers without employer-led occupational health cover, including:
- Registered residential or nursing home staff
- Domiciliary care providers
- Voluntary-managed hospice workers
- Personal Assistants employed via direct or Personal Health Budgets
NHS-Eligible Cohorts for Autumn COVID-19 Booster
From October 2026
- Residents in care homes for older adults
- All adults aged 75 and over
- Individuals aged 6 months and older who are immunosuppressed (as defined in Tables 3 and 4 of the COVID-19 Green Book, Chapter)
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