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COVID-19 vaccines

The spring 2025 COVID-19 vaccine will be available from 1 April

Who can get a COVID-19 vaccine this spring

The groups to be offered a COVID-19 vaccine in spring 2025 are:

  • adults aged 75 years and over
  • residents in a care home for older adults
  • individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed, as defined in COVID-19: the green book, chapter 14a; Tables 3 and 4

This includes those who will turn 75 years old by 17 June 2025. They will be eligible for a vaccination at any point in the campaign. Those who are new residents in an older adult care home or become immunosuppressed by 17 June 2025 are also eligible.

Additional protection for people with a severely weakened immune system

COVID-19 vaccines are normally given seasonally, but some people with a severely weakened immune system may need additional protection at other times.

 

You do not need to have a GP or an NHS number to get the COVID-19 vaccine

The COVID-19 vaccine is free to everyone eligible for it in the UK. This includes all migrants.

You will never be forced to have the COVID-19 vaccine and it does not affect your asylum or refugee status.

No immigration checks are needed to get treated or vaccinated for COVID-19.

Read the immunisation leaflet for migrants who have moved to the UK (UKHSA)

 

The benefits of COVID-19 vaccination

Getting vaccinated gives you the best protection against COVID-19.

The vaccines help:

  • reduce your risk of getting seriously ill or dying from COVID-19. Some people are known to be more at risk of severe illness from COVID-19 and it can make some otherwise healthy people very ill, too.
  • reduce your risk of catching COVID-19, and therefore reduce your risk of needing time off work due to COVID-19 related illness.
  • reduce your risk of spreading COVID-19 to others, helping you to look after your family, friends, colleagues and community.
  • protect against COVID-19 variants. The virus that causes COVID-19 changes over time; having all vaccine doses you are eligible for provides the best protection against future variants.

Find out why vaccination is safe and important.