COVID-19 booster vaccine
You may be able to get a seasonal COVID-19 booster vaccine in autumn 2023 if you’re at increased risk of getting seriously ill from COVID-19.
A dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will be offered this autumn to:
- Residents in care homes for older adults
- All adults aged 65 years and over
- People aged 6 months to 64 years in a clinical risk group, as defined in tables 3 and 4 of the Covid-19 chapter of the UKHSA Green Book on Immunisation
- Pregnant women
- Frontline health and social care workers
- People aged 12 to 64 years who are household contacts of people with immunosuppression, as defined in the UKHSA Green Book
- People aged 16 to 64 years who are carers, as defined in the UKHSA Green Book, and staff working in care homes for older adults
How to get a COVID-19 booster vaccine
The NHS will contact you if your NHS record suggests you may be eligible.
When available, there may be different ways you can get a COVID-19 seasonal vaccine:
- Booking online via the NHS website
- Going to a walk-in COVID-19 vaccination site
- A local NHS service, such as a GP surgery
- Through your care home
Why should I get an autumn booster?
Vaccines help to protect against severe illness, hospitalisations and deaths from COVID.
People who received an autumn booster vaccine last year were around 53% less likely to go to the hospital with COVID in the two to four weeks after getting vaccinated, compared to those who didn't get a booster.
Getting a COVID-19 first and second dose
The COVID-19 vaccination first and second dose is available for children aged 6 months to 4 years old who are at increased risk of getting seriously ill from COVID-19.
Local NHS services (such as your GP surgery) will invite eligible children for their vaccinations and arrange their appointments. If your child is eligible because they are at increased risk of getting seriously ill from COVID-19, please wait to be contacted.
More information
The COVID-19 vaccination sites are run by NHS professionals and have extra measures in place to keep you safe during your visit.
We know many of you will have questions about the vaccine and are concerned interested about the safety of the vaccinations.
More information about the COVID-19 vaccine is available on the NHS website.