COVID-19 vaccination
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- COVID-19 vaccination
- Walk-in vaccination clinics
- Local research and insight
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COVID-19 vaccination
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From 1 October 2025 – 31 January 2026 the NHS is offering a seasonal COVID-19 vaccination to people at highest risk from a COVID infection. This includes:
• residents in a care home for older adults
• all adults aged 75 years and over
• persons aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed, as defined in tables 3 and 4 of the COVID-19 chapter of the Green Book
In line with Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advice, frontline health and social care workers (HSCWs) and staff working in care homes for older adults will not be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination under the national programme for autumn 2025.
This follows an extensive review by JCVI of the scientific evidence surrounding the impact of vaccination on transmission of the virus to patients, protection of workers against symptoms of the disease, and staff sickness absences.
The focus of the programme is now on those at greatest risk of serious disease and who are therefore most likely to benefit from vaccination.
Health and social care workers who are otherwise eligible (for example because of their own health conditions) will continue to be offered the vaccine as part of the NHS programme.
Video: Bristol’s Dr Dougal Darvill recommends the COVID-19 vaccine for all those with weakened immunity systems.
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Getting your COVID-19 vaccination
The National Booking System opens from 1 September 2025, for appointments starting on 1 October 2025. You may also be contacted by your GP surgery and invited to book an appointment. If you are eligible, other alternatives include attending a walk-in vaccination site, or you could get vaccinated at another local service such as a community pharmacy, or at your care home (if you live in a care home).
Walk-in Covid-19 vaccination clinics
A series of walk-in vaccination clinics are available for the autumn and winter 2025/2026 campaign. Details of these can be found here on our website and there is also an NHS walk-in finder with further information.
Important information
You do not have to be registered with a GP, have an NHS number or be documented in order to have your vaccination, if you are eligible. If you are in this position, please attend a walk-in clinic or contact a GP to book your vaccination, explaining your situation.
When you come for your vaccination, please bring your NHS number if you know it, and remember to eat and drink before your appointment.
Please do not come for your vaccination if you have symptoms of COVID-19 or have had a positive lateral flow test. If you have tested positive for COVID-19 you must wait seven days, and be in good health, or your vaccination may be less effective.
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Housebound COVID-19 vaccinations
In our area, GP surgeries are arranging for people who are housebound to get their COVID-19 vaccination and will contact their patients, directly. If you or a family member are housebound and eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination and you have not heard from your GP, please contact your surgery.
Please note that your GP may not contact their housebound patients straight away, as they have a lot of people to vaccinate.
If you are housebound, have spoken with your GP and have not been able to book a vaccination, please email bnssg.massvaccination@nhs.net with your name, GP surgery, and the reason for not being able to book your vaccination.
If you are not registered with your GP as housebound but you feel you should be, please contact your surgery so they can update their records. If you are not registered as housebound, you will need to attend the GP site or use the National Booking Service to book your vaccination.
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Revaccination: Year-round vaccination for people who become severely immunosuppressed
If you have received a bone marrow transplant or had chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy, you may need to repeat your first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccination (known as revaccination).
If you have started treatment that severely weakens your immune system please check with your clinical specialist and if you need to be revaccinated, please contact your GP first, then email vaccinations@nbt.nhs.net to arrange an appointment if required.