Covid vaccination eligibility will be different to last year and diverge from this year’s flu eligibility. Flu vaccination eligibility has stayed the same so if you were eligible last year, you will be eligible again this year however covid vaccination criteria has changed and is now for patients aged 75+ or patients who are immunosuppressed either through a medical condition or medication.
This means that while you might have had the covid vaccine last autumn you may no longer be eligible for it this year. This is National guidance from the Department of Health and Social Care. Full eligibility criteria below:
From 1 October 2025
Flu vaccination eligibility:
- Adults aged 65+
- Adults aged 18 to 64 in clinical risk groups, e.g. chronic conditions like respiratory, heart, liver, kidney, and neurological diseases, diabetes, and weakened immune systems
- Residents in long-stay care homes
- Carers (in receipt of allowance or main carer for elderly/disabled)
- Close contacts of immunocompromised individuals
- Frontline social care workers without employer-led occupational health
From 1 October 2025
Covid vaccination eligibility:
- Adults aged 75 +
- Individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed.
- Residents in a care home for older adults
Please use these NHS links to find out more:
When should you get your flu vaccine?
Who’s eligible for the 2025 COVID-19 vaccine, or ‘Autumn Booster’?