Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination
COVID-19 vaccination is an important part of protecting yourself if you're at increased risk from severe COVID-19.
Who is eligible for a seasonal COVID-19 vaccine?
You or your child may be offered a seasonal COVID-19 vaccine if you are:
- aged 65 years old or over (you need to be 65 years old by 31 March 2024)
- aged 6 months to 64 years old and are at increased risk
- living in a care home for older adults
- a frontline health or social care worker
- aged 16 to 64 years old and are a carer
- aged 12 to 64 years old and live with someone with a weakened immune system
How to get a seasonal COVID-19 vaccine
You may be contacted by a local NHS service, such as your GP surgery, to get a vaccine for you or your child. This is usually done by text or a phone call, but you may sometimes get a letter or a notification in the NHS App.
If you're eligible, you can get a seasonal COVID-19 vaccine by:
If you cannot book appointments online, you can call 119 free of charge. You can speak to a translator if you need to.
If you have difficulties communicating or hearing, or are a British Sign Language (BSL) user, you can use textphone 18001 119 or the NHS 119 BSL interpreter service
Walk-in COVID-19 vaccination sites in Cheshire and Merseyside
We’re making it as easy as possible for eligible people in Cheshire and Merseyside to get their COVID-19 vaccinations, either at a Primary Care Network (PCN) walk-in clinic, or at a local pharmacy. Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s Living Well Service will also be offering walk-in COVID-19 vaccinations, free health checks and wider wellbeing advice to anyone who drops-in. For more information about Living Well visit: www.cwp.nhs.uk/livingwellservice.
Find a Living Well Bus or Primary Care Network Covid-19 vaccination clinic near you.
For more information about the COVID-19 vaccine visit: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/covid-19/covid-19-vaccination/