Those eligible for HSC flu vaccine in 2023/24 are:

• all preschool children aged two to four years on 1 September 2023

• all primary and secondary (up to and including year 12) school children

• 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’)

• all those aged 65 years and over on 31 March 2024

• pregnant women

• those in long-stay residential care homes

• carers

• close contacts of immunocompromised individuals

• frontline health and social care workers (HSCWs) employed by:Health and social care Trusts including Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS)

• community HSC providers including GP practices, pharmacies, dentists, optometrists

• registered independent sector residential care or nursing home

• registered domiciliary care providers

• voluntary managed hospice providers

Please note in 2023/24 all healthy 50-64 year olds will NOT be eligible for the flu vaccine – only those aged under 65 years of age who fall into one of the groups mentioned above.