Flu Vaccination
The flu vaccine helps protect against flu, which can be a serious or life-threatening illness. It's offered on the NHS every year in autumn or early winter to people at higher risk of getting seriously ill from flu. This page is about the flu vaccine for adults only.
Raylane Pharmacy Group - Helping the local community in Bilston, Cheltenham, Halesowen, Malvern, Oldbury, Stourbridge, Worcester and beyond.
Who should have the flu vaccine
The flu vaccine is recommended for people at higher risk of getting seriously ill from flu. It's offered on the NHS every year in autumn or early winter.
You can get the free NHS flu vaccine if you:
Are aged 65 or over (including those who'll be 65 by 31 March 2026)
Have certain long-term health conditions including
- conditions that affect your breathing, such as asthma (needing a steroid inhaler or tablets), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or cystic fibrosis
- heart conditions, such as coronary heart disease or heart failure
- chronic kidney disease
- liver disease, such as cirrhosis or hepatitis
- some conditions that affect your brain or nerves, such as Parkinson's disease, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis or cerebral palsy
- diabetes or Addison's disease
- a weakened immune system due to a condition such as HIV or AIDS, or due to a treatment such as chemotherapy or steroid medicine
- problems with your spleen, such as sickle cell disease, or if you've had your spleen removed
- a learning disability
- being very overweight – a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or above
Are pregnant
Live in a care home
Are the main carer for an older or disabled person, or receive a carer's allowance
Live with someone who has a weakened immune system
Frontline health or social care workers who are employed
- by a registered residential care or nursing home
- by a registered domiciliary care provider
- by a voluntary managed hospice provider
- through direct payments or personal health budgets
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Tividale Pharmacy
City: Rowley Regis
Postcode: B69 1RZ
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City: Cheltenham
Postcode: GL50 4RA
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