COVID-19 and flu vaccinations
NHS Scotland will contact you in Winter 2026 if you’re eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.
It’s important to take up the offer of a vaccine every time you’re offered one. Even if your health is well managed, you’re still at risk.
For more information about vaccines, please visit the NHS Inform vaccine page. Please wait to be contacted with the details of your appointment, or instructions on how to book a vaccination through the vaccine portal.
COVID-19
The COVID-19 vaccine is usually offered in the spring and winter to people at increased risk of getting seriously ill from COVID-19.
- Residents in care homes for older adults
- All adults aged 75 years and over born on or before 31 March 1952
- Are aged 6 months or over who have a medical condition causing a weakened immune system
- living in long-stay residential care homes or other long-stay care facilities
- aged 65 and over
- aged 18 to 64 with an eligible health condition
- experiencing homelessness or substance misuse
- an asylum seeker living in a Home Office hotel or B&B accommodation
- living in a Scottish prison
- pregnant
- a frontline health and social care worker
- a non-frontline NHS worker
- an unpaid and young carer
- a household contact of someone with a weakened immune system
- children aged 6 months to 2 years with an eligible health condition
- children aged 2 to 5 years and not yet at school (children must be aged 2 years or above on 1 September 2026 to be eligible)
- children and young people in primary and secondary school
- a poultry worker or bird handler
- a cattle or swine worker
Enquiries
If you have an enquiry about vaccinations or to reschedule an appointment please contact us.
Email: dg.vaccinationenquiries@nhs.scot
Telephone: 01387 403090