Flu Vaccine 2024 2025

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Eligibility for winter 2024-25

The following groups will be eligible for the Seasonal flu Immunisation. Please note this is not done in the surgery.

Childhood programme (start date to be confirmed):

• All children aged from 6 months to 18 years in clinical risk groups (if not eligible in

accordance with bullets below)

• All children aged 2-5 years not yet at school

• All primary school children (primary one to primary seven)

• All secondary school pupils (years one to six)

Adult programme (start date to be confirmed):

• Those living in long-stay residential care homes or other long-stay care facilities

• All those aged 65 and over

• All those aged 18 to under 65 years in defined risk groups. This includes:

  • those in clinical at-risk groups set out in Green Book Chapter 19
  • those experiencing homelessness
  • those experiencing substance misuse
  • asylum seekers living in Home Office hotel or B&B accommodation
  • all prisoners within the Scottish prison estate
  • pregnant women

• Frontline health and social care workers

• Non-frontline NHS workers

• Poultry workers

• Unpaid carers and young carers

• Household contacts of those with immunosuppression