Don't let your protection fade. Find out what you're eligible for and how to arrange your vaccination 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.
You can rearrange your appointment if the time or day doesn't suit you.
Some local health boards are offering drop-in clinics. Check your local health board website or social media to find out what is available in your area.
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.
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.