How to get a vaccination

Find out where, when and how to get vaccinated

How do I get seasonal vaccines?

From 1 April, people who are aged 75 and over, people who are immunosuppressed and people who live in care homes for older adults will be invited for a spring Covid-19 vaccination.

People who develop severe immunosuppression, for example those who have completed a STEM cell transplant, outside of the seasonal vaccine periods, will still be offered a Covid-19 vaccination by their clinician and provided with a letter which must be taken to the vaccination appointment. If you think you have recently developed severe immunosuppression and you have not received a letter, please reach out to your GP as soon as possible.

How can I get my spring Covid-19 vaccination?

Book online at http://nhs.uk/bookcovid or on the NHS App
Call 119
Walk into a Covid-19 vaccination site – find your nearest at http://nhs.uk/covid-walk-in
Attend a local vaccination event offering the spring Covid-19 vaccine
Through your care home

Additional support

You can ask to speak to a translator if you need to.
You can use textphone 18001 or the NHS 119 British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter service if you have difficulties communicating or hearing, or if you are a BSL user.

Are you registered with a GP?

You need to be registered with a GP practice to receive invitations for vaccinations. Anyone in England can register for free. Find your nearest GP practice and register online.

Find a GP practice

Visit a vaccination event

Vaccination events are held across north east London throughout the year to make it even easier for people to stay up to date with their vaccines.

Search for a vaccination event

How do I get routine vaccines?

Your GP surgery will usually contact you when you become eligible for the shingles, RSV or pneumococcal vaccine. This will usually be by letter, text message, phone or email.

Sometimes you might be offered the vaccine during a GP appointment you’re there for another reason and your vaccine is due.

Speak to your GP surgery if:

you think you’re eligible for the above vaccines, but you’ve not been contacted
you did not have the vaccine when you were contacted and you’re still under 80 for shingles (only people with a severely weakened immune system can get the vaccine after 80 years of age). You can have pneumococcal at any age over 65. The RSV vaccine is offered to those aged over 75 years old.
you’ve had the shingles vaccine before but you now have a severely weakened immune system – depending on the type of shingles vaccine you had, you may need another shingles vaccine
you’re due to have either vaccine and you’re feeling unwell – you may need to wait until you’re feeling better before having the vaccine
you need to change your vaccination appointment

If you are a welder or metal worker, speak to your employer about getting the pneumococcal vaccine.