Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination
COVID-19 vaccination is an important part of protecting yourself if you're at increased risk from severe COVID-19.
Who is eligible for a seasonal COVID-19 vaccine?
You or your child may be offered a seasonal COVID-19 vaccine if you are:
- aged 65 years old or over (you need to be 65 years old by 31 March 2024)
- aged 6 months to 64 years old and are at increased risk
- living in a care home for older adults
- a frontline health or social care worker
- aged 16 to 64 years old and are a carer
- aged 12 to 64 years old and live with someone with a weakened immune system
How to get a seasonal COVID-19 vaccine
You may be contacted by a local NHS service, such as your GP surgery, to get a vaccine for you or your child. This is usually done by text or a phone call, but you may sometimes get a letter or a notification in the NHS App.
If you are eligible, book your flu and seasonal COVID-19 vaccination online at www.nhs.uk/wintervaccinations or via the NHS App by 14 December 2023. You will not be able to book a vaccination online after this date.
If you cannot book appointments online, you can call 119 free of charge. You can speak to a translator if you need to. The 119 service, which provides booking support for those that can’t get online, will close for bookings on 14 December and queries on 22 December.
If you have difficulties communicating or hearing, or are a British Sign Language (BSL) user, you can use textphone 18001 119 or the NHS 119 BSL interpreter service
After 14 December, you may be able to book a COVID-19 vaccination directly with a local NHS vaccination service, such as a pharmacy, or visit a walk in site, but there will be fewer COVID-19 appointments and you may have to travel further. Details of walk in sites can be found at Find a walk-in COVID-19 vaccination site - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
If you’re eligible for a free flu vaccine, after 14 December you will still be able to contact your GP surgery to book an appointment or find a pharmacy that offers NHS flu vaccination (if you’re aged 18 or over).
Walk-in COVID-19 vaccination sites in Cheshire and Merseyside
We’re making it as easy as possible for eligible people in Cheshire and Merseyside to get their COVID-19 vaccinations, either at a Primary Care Network (PCN) walk-in clinic, or at a local pharmacy. Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s Living Well Service will also be offering walk-in COVID-19 vaccinations, free health checks and wider wellbeing advice to anyone who drops-in. For more information about Living Well visit: www.cwp.nhs.uk/livingwellservice.
Find a Living Well Bus or Primary Care Network Covid-19 vaccination clinic near you.
For more information about the COVID-19 vaccine visit: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/covid-19/covid-19-vaccination/