Those eligible for HSC flu vaccine in 2024/25 are:
residents and staff in RQIA registered care homes
all adults aged 55 and over
- those aged six months to under 65 years in clinical risk groups (as defined by the influenza chapter in ‘Immunisation against infectious disease’ (the ‘Green Book’) including pregnant women
all preschool children aged two to four years on 1 September 2024
all primary and secondary (up to and including year 12) school children
- household contacts as defined in the Influenza chapter of the green book of people with immunosuppression
- frontline health and social care workers (HSCWs)