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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

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

Monday 28 October, 10am to 5pm

Swiss Cottage Market, Eton Avenue, NW3 3EP

Tuesday 29 October, 11am to 4pm

Chadswell Healthy Living Centre, Chadswell building Lower Ground Floor, Harrison Street, WC1H 8JE

Friday 1 November, 11am to 4pm

Lauriston Lodge Sheltered Housing, 55 Maygrove Road, NW6 2EE

Monday 4 November, 11am to 4pm

Somerstown Community Centre, 150 Ossulston Street, NW1 1EE

Tuesday 5 November, 11am to 2pm

Age UK Henderson Court, 102 Fitzjohn's Avenue, NW3 6NS

Thursday 7 November, 10.30am to 2.30pm

Age UK Great Croft Day Care Centre, Cromer Street, London WC1H 8LF

Friday 8 November, 11am to 2.30pm

Greenwood Centre, 37 Greenwood Place, NW5 1LB

Thursday 14 November, 1.30pm to 5pm

Brecknock Primary, 10 Cliff Villas, London NW1 9AS

Tuesday 19 November, 11am to 4pm

St Michael's Church, South Grove, N6 6BJ

Wednesday 20 November, 11am to 4pm

Torriano Primary School, Torriano Avenue, NW5 2SJ

Thursday 21 November, 10am to 3pm

Salvation Army, 10 to 16 Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm, NW3 2BL

Friday 22 November, 11am to 4pm

Greenwood Sheltered Housing, 1 Greenwood, Oseney Crescent, NW5 2BB

Saturday 30 November, midday to 4pm

Black History Season Health Event, Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt Street, NW1 1BD