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Weymouth Bay Medical Practice
FacebookFlu and Covid Vaccination Clinics
Flu invitations will be sent out in early September
This year’s Flu and Covid Autumn Vaccination Campaign will start on 1st October. We will be holding our popular vaccination clinics once again at Wey Valley School on:
- Saturday 4th October
- Saturday 11th October
- Saturday 18th October
Invitations will be sent to eligible patients via SMS, Email, with a link to book your appointment or by phone call or letter. Our clinics are very popular so make sure you book your appointment when you receive your invitation.
Please note due to the large number of patients that are eligible, invitations will be sent out over a few days, so you may get your invitation at a different time to your partner or neighbour.
If you are housebound, please contact the surgery so we can add you to the list for a home visit.
National flu immunisation programme 2025 to 2026
The following cohorts are announced and authorised to be eligible to receive a flu vaccination:
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 October 2025, exact start date to be confirmed by NHS England in due course:
- those aged 65 years and over
- those aged 18 years to under 65 years in clinical risk groups
- 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 including those working for a registered residential care or nursing home, registered domiciliary care providers, voluntary managed hospice providers and those that are employed by those who receive direct payments (personal budgets) or Personal Health budgets, such as Personal Assistants
Who’s eligible for the 2025 Covid-19 vaccine
- 65 to 74 year-olds are not included in the eligibility criteria this time
Find out more about eligibility on the UK Health Security Agency website
Published: Aug 11, 2025