Image about eligible groups for winter vaccinations 2022. Groups eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine and the flu vaccine are: residents and staff in care homes for older adults, younger adults in long-stay nursing and residential care settings, frontline healthcare workers, frontline social care workers, those aged 50 and over, those aged 5 to 49 years with an eligible health condition, those aged 5 to 49 years and are a household contact of someone with a weakened immune system, pregnant women, and unpaid carers or young carers aged 16 years or over. Groups eligible for flu vaccine: children aged 6 months to 2 years with an eligible health condition, children aged 2 to 5 years (and not yet in school) and aged 2 years on 1 September 2022, all primary school pupils, all secondary school pupils, people aged 16 to 49 years with an eligible health condition, nursery, primary and secondary school teachers and pupil-facing support staff, prison population, prison officer and support staff who deliver direct front-facing detention services.

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NHS Scotland follows advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).

The JCVI recommends that people have both the flu and COVID-19 vaccines this year if they are:  

• aged 50 or over 
• a staff member working in a care home for older adults 
• a frontline health or social care worker 
• aged 5 to 49 years with an eligible health condition 
• aged 5 to 49 years and are a household contact of someone with a severely weakened immune system 
• an unpaid carer aged 16 years or over 
• pregnant

Some people are eligible for the flu vaccine only. This includes: 

• people aged 16 to 49 with an eligible health condition, including well controlled asthma 
• nursery, primary or secondary school teachers or pupil-facing support workers in local authority or independent settings 
• prison officers or support workers who deliver direct front-facing detention services 
• children aged 6 months to 2 years with an eligible health condition 
• children aged 2 to 5 years (on 1 September 2022 and not yet at school) 
• primary and secondary school pupils
• non-frontline NHS workers

​More information is available for flu immunisations and COVID-19 vaccinations.