Health and social care staff are eligible for the free flu and Covid-19 vaccines this autumn (2024).
If you are vaccinated but catch flu or Covid-19 this winter, you are likely to have milder symptoms, recover faster and miss less time at work.
You are eligible for the vaccines if:
• you work in a care home for older adults
• you work as a frontline health worker.
The winter vaccine programme is targeted at those delivering direct care, whether employed by an NHS provider, local council, independent or third sector employers.
Both the flu and Covid-19 vaccines are available at your local pharmacy.
You do not have to pay for your vaccines.
- Find a pharmacy offering the flu jab.
- Find walk-in site to have the Covid-19 vaccine.
Please take your employee ID badge or proof of employment to your vaccine appointment, in case it is requested.