Vaccination updates
Updates on our vaccination plans and progress in North Wales
January 19, 2025
People at higher risk of serious illness caused by COVID-19 have two weeks to increase their protection against the virus before this year’s vaccination programme closes at the end of January.
Everyone aged 75 or over, people living in care homes for older adults, and anyone aged six months or over with a weaker immune system are eligible for the vaccine this winter. This includes older adults who will have their 75th birthday on or before January 31.
More than 65,000 eligible people have taken up the vaccine in North Wales so far this winter. Appointments are still being offered, and walk-in vaccination without an appointment is available at community vaccination clinics across North Wales.
We are contacting a small number of unvaccinated patients who live in care homes or who are housebound to ensure they have the opportunity to receive the COVID-19 vaccination if they wish.
Full details of eligibility for the COVID-19 Autumn vaccine are available here.
Your flu vaccine
Flu is still circulating in the community and we continue to encourage eligible patients who have not had their annual NHS flu vaccine to come forward as soon as possible.
Anyone who is eligible can attend one of the community vaccination clinics we will hold in 17 locations across North Wales during January. These clinics operate on a walk-in basis, and no appointment is necessary.
We will also send appointment letters to unvaccinated eligible patients who have not already received an invitation from the health board this winter.
Catch up clinics are being offered for school-age children who were unable to receive their vaccination before Christmas.
Painless nasal spray flu vaccines for 2 and 3 year olds (age on August 31 2025) are still available from GP surgeries. Children who are unable to have the nasal spray vaccine can instead receive an injectable, gelatine-free alternative.
Full details of eligibility for the NHS flu vaccine are available here.
About your vaccination appointment
If you have an appointment but need to reschedule, please follow the instructions on your invitation letter. If you are eligible but haven’t been invited to an appointment, would like to book an appointment, or have other queries about your annual NHS flu or COVID-19 vaccination, please contact our Vaccination Contact Centre by calling 03000 840004 or emailing BCU.SROCovid19VaccinationProgramme@wales.nhs.uk.
The contact centre is open between 9.30am and 5.30pm from Monday to Friday. It is closed at weekends and on bank holidays.