Don't let your protection fade. Find out what you're eligible for and how to arrange your vaccination appointment.
If you haven’t had your winter vaccines yet
The winter 2022 programme and the initial booster offer for 16 to 49 year olds who are not at higher risk of severe coronavirus ends in Scotland on 31 March 2023. Please come forward as soon as possible if you haven’t already had the vaccines you're eligible for.
NHS Scotland is making plans to offer the coronavirus (COVID-19) booster to those at highest risk of coronavirus this spring, in line with the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advice.
Check your local health board website or their social media channels to find out if there are drop-in clinics available in your area.
If you are pregnant, speak to your midwife about getting your winter vaccines or book your appointment online.
If you're an eligible health or social care worker, you can drop in at any winter vaccine clinic to get vaccinated. You don't need an appointment.
Check which vaccines you'll be offered
Answer a few questions in our self-help guide to find out if you're eligible for flu and coronavirus vaccines. Eligibility is based on age, health condition and/or job.
Self-help guide
Online booking portal
You can log in to book using your unique username and password. This is the same as you had for your previous doses of the coronavirus vaccine.
NHS Orkney and NHS Shetland
NHS Orkney are following local arrangements for winter vaccinations. If you live in Orkney please do not use the online booking portal to book or rearrange. For more information and local arrangements visit the NHS Orkney website.
If you live in NHS Shetland you'll be contacted about your winter vaccination appointment. Please do not use the online booking portal to book or rearrange.
Where possible, the winter coronavirus vaccine will be given at the same time as the flu vaccine, if you're eligible for both. This is a safe and efficient way to give maximum protection over winter months.
The coronavirus vaccine should be given at least 12 weeks after your last dose. Only 1 dose of the flu vaccine is needed each winter.
COVID 19 vaccine
Information about the coronavirus vaccine, including how many doses you'll be offered and possible side effects
The flu vaccine
Information about the flu and child flu vaccine, including where and how you'll be offered it, and possible side effects
Winter vaccines leaflets
Leaflets about the coronavirus and flu vaccines and why they're being offered
Help with booking
How to rearrange your appointment
How to recover your username and password
If you've lost or forgotten your username, you can recover it by selecting the 'Get your username' option.
If you've lost or forgotten your password, you can recover it by selecting the 'Forgotten your password' option.
Local health board vaccination information
Check your local health board's website for drop-in clinics in your area
Rearrange or opt-out of your vaccination appointment
How to change your appointment if the date, time or location is unsuitable or you want to opt-out of the current vaccination programme
Who will be offered the winter vaccines
NHS Scotland recommends you have both the flu and coronavirus vaccines this year if you're:
- aged 50 years or over
- a resident or staff working in a care home for older adults
- a younger adult in long stay nursing and residential care settings
- a frontline health or social care worker
- aged 5 to 49 years with an eligible health condition, including those with poorly controlled asthma (read which health conditions are eligible for the coronavirus vaccine and which health conditions are eligible for the flu vaccine)
- aged 5 to 49 years and are a household contact of someone with a weakened immune system
- an unpaid carer or a young carer (16 years or over)
- pregnant
If you're an eligible health or social care worker, you can drop in at any winter vaccine clinic to get vaccinated. You don't need an appointment.
Flu vaccine
The flu vaccine is also recommended for:
- people aged 16 to 49 years with an eligible health condition, including well controlled asthma
- children aged 6 months to 2 years with an eligible health condition
- all children aged 2 to 5 years (not yet at school)
- all primary and secondary school pupils
- nursery, primary and secondary school teachers and pupil-facing support staff in local authority or independent settings
- prison population, prison officers and support staff who deliver direct front-facing detention services
- non-frontline NHS workers
The parents of neonatal babies are also eligible for a coronavirus vaccine.
Other vaccines
Throughout the year, NHS Scotland offers a range of other vaccinations to people at different stages in their life. Find out about these vaccines, and the diseases they protect against, and when they’ll be offered.