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COVID-19 and flu vaccinations

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COVID-19 and flu vaccinations

It's important to get your winter flu and COVID-19 vaccinations if you're eligible. 
Getting vaccinated every year will top up your protection and reduce your risk of getting severe symptoms.

Flu vaccine 

Adult flu vaccinations can be booked now through your GP practice or pharmacy, or at some maternity services if you’re pregnant. 

If you’re eligible, book your winter vaccines as soon as you can.

We encourage everyone who is eligible to book your winter vaccines as soon as possible, and to get both vaccines in the same appointment for protection against both viruses in just a few minutes. 

Getting vaccinated will help to protect you and the people around you this winter, as well as supporting the NHS during busy winter months. 

Find out more about flu vaccines

Flu vaccines for kids 

The flu vaccine is being offered to most children including all 2 and 3-year-olds, school aged children from reception to year 11, and children with underlying health conditions. 

The children’s flu vaccine is usually given as a quick and painless spray up the nose.  

Children under 5 have one of the highest hospitalisation rates for flu. Last year, more than 6,000 under-5s in England were hospitalised by flu, and many more needed care in accident and emergency. The vaccine reduces a child’s chance of needing hospital care for flu by around two-thirds. 

School-aged children will get their flu vaccine through schools and community venues and those aged 2 to 3 years old or with certain health conditions can get the flu vaccine at their GP practice. 

Having your child vaccinated protects others around them, including babies, grandparents and people with weak immune systems, and allows NHS services to be available for the people who need them most over the winter months. 

Find out more about the child flu vaccines

COVID-19 vaccine

The COVID-19 vaccine helps protect against COVID-19, which can be a serious or life-threatening illness. It's offered on the NHS to people at increased risk of getting seriously ill from COVID-19.

What the COVID-19 vaccine is for

COVID-19 vaccination is an important part of protecting yourself if you're at increased risk of getting seriously ill from COVID-19.

The COVID-19 vaccines are offered because viruses change and protection fades over time. It's important to top up your protection if you're eligible.

Find out more about COVID vaccines

How to get the COVID-19 vaccine

If you're eligible for the winter COVID-19 vaccine, you may be able to get a vaccine from:

  • a walk-in COVID-19 vaccination site
  • a local service, such as a community pharmacy or your GP surgery
  • your care home, if you live in a care home

You do not need to wait for an invitation before booking an appointment.

Book online now:

You can book a COVID-19 vaccination appointment online or in the NHS App now. You need to book your vaccination before 20 December 2024.

Who is eligible for an autumn and winter COVID-19 vaccine

Who is eligible for autumn and winter flu vaccine

  • pregnant women
  • all children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2024
  • 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
  • those aged 65 years and over
  • those aged 18 years to under 65 years in clinical risk groups, as defined by the Green Book, Influenza Chapter 19
  • 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

Weekly walk-in at University College London Hospital 

There is also a COVID vaccination walk-in clinic, from the 3rd of October, every week at University College London Hospital, 235 Euston Road, NW1 2BU.

No booking needed, just turn up.

Opening times:

  • 14 October to 28 October, Monday to Saturday, between 9am and 5pm
  • 28 October to 31 December, Monday to Friday, between 9am and 5pm

Camden Vaccination Bus

Please note that we can only vaccinate people above age 18 at the vaccination bus service.

The COVID-19 booster and flu vaccinations will be available from our vaccine bus on the following dates and locations:

Wednesday 15 January, 11am-4pm

Bacton Tower - Bacton Tower Deck Level, Haverstock Road, NW5 4PU (indoors)

Saturday 18 January, 10am-3pm

Sidings Community Centre - 150 Brassey Road, NW6 2BA

Wednesday 22 January, 11:30am-4pm

Fitzrovia Community Centre Wellness Day - 2 Foley Street, W1W 6DL (indoors)

Monday 27 January, 11am-4pm

Swiss Cottage Market - Eton Ave, NW3 3EP

Tuesday 28 January, 12pm-4pm

Highgate Library - Chester Road N19 5DH (indoors)

Wednesday 29 January, 11am-4pm

St Peter’s Church - Belsize Square, Belsize Park, NW3 4HJ (indoors)