Flu Vaccination Campaign 2025

Flu (influenza) is a serious illness that kills thousands of people and hospitalises thousands more in England each year. The flu vaccination is the best protection for you and those around you.

It is important to top up your protection every year, even if you have had a vaccine or been ill with flu  before as immunity fades over time and these viruses change each year.

Those eligible for a flu vaccine from the 1^st September are:

• Children aged 2 and 3.
• Pregnant women.

Those eligible for a flu vaccine from the 1^st September include:

• People with certain long term health conditions
• People aged 65 and over.
• 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.
• School-aged children (from reception to Year 11).
• All frontline health and social care workers.

Most adults will be invited to have their flu vaccine by their GP or local pharmacy. School-aged children will be offered their flu vaccinations at school. Children aged 2 and 3 will be invited by their GP.