Flu and Covid Vaccinations 2025/2026

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New….Clinic Dates

Saturday 4 October – Patients aged 65 and over
Saturday 11 October – Patients under 65 who are in an ‘at risk’ group

Pregnant women and children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2025 will be vaccinated from 1st September.

All other eligible patients will be vaccinated from the 1st October 2025 as per NHS guidelines.
Please note: School-aged children who are eligible for a flu vaccine will receive theirs through school-based vaccination teams.

Planning has already begun at Fernville for this autumn’s Flu and COVID-19 vaccination programme.

For the first time, we will be offering both vaccinations at the surgery. Eligible patients will receive an invitation to book an appointment by telephone or text message.

Booking your appointment at Fernville surgery helps us have enough vaccines for everyone, keeps your care with a team who knows you, and supports more doctors and nurses to provide better care for our patients.

COVID-19 Vaccination – Eligibility

Please note that the eligibility criteria for the COVID-19 vaccine has changed slightly this year. It will be offered to:

  • Residents in a care home for older adults
  • All adults aged 75 years and over
  • Individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed
  • Frontline social care workers are no longer eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations for the autumn/winter 25/26 programme

If you are unable to make any of the dates at our surgery, please try:

You cannot choose which COVID-19 vaccine you have. We understand we will be provided with: Pfizer

The COVID-19 vaccines used by the NHS do not contain any animal products, including eggs.

Flu Vaccination – Eligibility

Those eligible for the flu vaccine include:

  • Pregnant women
  • Children ages 2 or 3 years on 31st August 2025- (It’s done at the surgery. Quick, easy and there are no needles!)
  • Children in risk groups
  • Individuals aged 65 years and over
  • People aged 18 to under 65 years in clinical risk groups
  • Residents of 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 social care workers without access to an employer-led occupational health scheme

Primary and secondary school children (reception to year 11): These will be arranged and given in school, unless the child falls in a risk group.