Flu vaccines will be delivered by the P&K Immunisation team, whom many of you will have encountered already during the Covid Booster campaign.

The Flu jab eligibility:

• adults aged 65 and over; adults aged 18-64 years considered in an at risk group.

Covid Booster eligibility has changed this year. Vaccines will only be offered to people:

• aged 75 years and over, 12-74 year olds with a weakened immune system.

If you don't meet these criteria you will not receive an invite letter. The surgery can't do anything to get you an invite letter or get you vaccinated.

They have also begun delivering Shingles and Pneumococcal vaccines to our eligible patients. You will receive an invite letter for these too if you are eligible. You are eligible if you are:

• Aged Over 50 on 1st September 2025 and are severely immunosuppressed
• Aged between 65 & 70 on 1st September 2025
• Aged 71-79 and not previously vaccinated
• Aged 18+ and have received stem cell transplant. This includes adult recipients of allogenic transplant, autologus transplant or a CAR-T or similar therapy.

Patients now get the SHINGRIX vaccine. This is a non-live vaccine and contains varicella zoster virus glycoprotein E antigen. It also requires two doses, the timeframe between doses being dependent upon your medical history.

You will receive an invite letter if you are eligible for flu this year which will advise you of where and when to attend. We will put details of who you can contact if you don’t receive a letter and think you should have on our website once we have received this info.

Pre-School children will also be vaccinated by the immunisation team, you can chose the venue but usually these will be held at the Surgery by the childhood vaccination team.

If you don’t receive a letter and think you should have you can contact the Tayside Vaccination team by email, tay.vaxlocalenquiries@nhs.scot, or phone 01382 423108.

Unfortunately we cannot assist with Flu and Covid Booster appointment issues.

Housebound patients will receive their vaccine in a similar fashion to how the Covid Booster was administered. The Vaccination team have a list of our housebound patients. If you are newly housebound and therefore don't think you are on the list yet, please contact the Surgery and we will pass your details on to the Vaccination team.