The groups eligible for the NHS funded flu vaccination programme are as follows

England:

• People aged 50 years or over (Those aged 50-64 who are not in the ‘at risk’ groups are    eligible for the free NHS vaccine from 15th October 2022)
• Adults aged from 18 years to less than 50 years of age in a clinical risk group*
• Pregnant women
• Those in long-stay residential care homes
• Carers
• Close contacts of immunocompromised individuals
• Frontline staff employed by the following types of social care providers without employer led occupational health schemes

- A registered residential care or nursing home
- Registered domiciliary care provider
- A voluntary managed hospice provider
- Direct Payment (personal budgets) or personal health budgets, such as personal assistants

Wales:

• People aged 50 years or over
• Adults aged from 18 years to less than 50 years of age in a clinical risk group*
• Pregnant women
• Carers
• Staff in nursing homes and care homes with regular client contact
• Staff providing domiciliary care.
• Staff providing frontline NHS/Primary care services
• Healthcare workers (including healthcare students) with direct patient contact
• Individuals experiencing homelessness

Scotland:

Eligible cohorts will be determined within individual Health Board service specifications

Further updates in the eligible groups will be found in the NHS flu vaccination service national Patient Group Direction 2022/23 when it is made available.