The Government have announced the Flu and Covid-19 winter vaccination programme for this year.
With deaths from flu reaching a 45 year high in Scotland last winter and Covid-19 remaining lethal along with the growing evidence of the longer lasting debility and negatively impacting other health conditions I urge all those who are invited by the NHS to attend for their vaccine to do so.
Programme timings
The winter programme commences in September, starting with the child flu programme and the flu offer to pregnant women. Co-administration of the flu vaccine and COVID-19 vaccine will begin at the end of September. Below are the key dates for the programme, noting that there may be slight differences in terms of start dates between the Health Boards:
• 6 September: Start of child flu programme
• 8 September: Start of flu offer to pregnant women
• 15 September: Adult flu programme begins
• 29 September: Beginning of co-administration to those groups eligible for both flu and COVID-19
• Saturday 31 January 2026: COVID-19 programme ends
• Sunday 29 March 2026: Flu programme ends
More information can be found here – Winter vaccines | NHS inform