From 3 October – 20 December 2024 the NHS is offering a seasonal COVID-19 vaccination to people at highest risk from a COVID infection. This includes:

  • adults aged 65 years and over.
  • residents in care homes for older adults.
  • people aged 6 months to 64 years in a clinical risk group (as defined in tables 3 or 4 in the COVID-19 chapter of the NHS COVID-19 Green Book) such as diabetes, heart disease, some neurological diseases, liver disease or a weakened immune system (for instance due to being prescribed steroids or treated for cancer).
  • pregnant women.
  • frontline NHS and social care workers.

For this year’s autumn programme, the COVID-19 vaccine will not be offered to unpaid carers and household contacts of people with immunosuppression in England. You may also be eligible for a free flu vaccination.

Check your eligibility on the NHS website

Getting your COVID-19 Vaccination

The National Booking System closed on 20 December 2024. Covid-19 and flu vaccines were still available at a number of pharmacy and clinic sites until 31 January 2025.

Walk-in Covid-19 vaccination clinics

These have now closed for the Autumn/Winter 2024-2025 campaign. A Spring 2025 Covid-19 vaccination campaign will begin from 1 April 2025 and more information will be available here nearer the time.

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 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 28 days before you are vaccinated if you are over 18 and 12 weeks if you are under 18.

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 this is a 12-week vaccination campaign ending on 20 December 2024 so your GP may not contact their housebound patients immediately, 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 and GP surgery.

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.

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 email vaccinations@nbt.nhs.net to arrange an appointment.