Flu Season 25/26

Flu season 2025-26 is almost here!

Flu season will officially begin from the 1st October 2025, however Lambeth Walk will begin administering flu vaccines from the week commencing Monday 13th October 2025 when our vaccine delivery is expected.

Flu eligibility criteria

Unfortunately, flu jabs are only available to select cohorts of people, the eligible cohorts are documented below:

• pregnant women
• all children aged 2 or 3 years on 31 August 2025
• primary school aged children (from Reception to Year 6)
• secondary school aged children (from Year 7 to Year 11)
• all children in clinical risk groups aged from 6 months to less than 18 years
• those aged 65 years and over
• those aged 18 years to under 65 years in predefined clinical risk groups
• those in long-stay residential care homes
• carers in receipt of carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person
• close contacts of immunocompromised individuals
• frontline workers in a social care setting without an employer led occupational health scheme including those working for a registered residential care or nursing home, registered domiciliary care providers, voluntary managed hospice providers and those that are employed by those who receive direct payments (personal budgets) or Personal Health budgets, such as Personal Assistants

Clinics

Flu weekdays clinics

There will be flu vaccination appointments available to book every day once the flu season begins at Akerman Health Centre  and at our Hurley branch in Ebenezer House . Eligible patients attending a face-to-face GP appointment will also be offered the flu vaccine.

Flu Saturday clinics

In addition, this year we will also be hosting dedicated Saturday flu vaccination clinics at Lambeth Methodist Church, 3 Lambeth Rd, London SE1 7DQ (close to our old location). These clinics will run from 09:00 to 13:00  on each Saturday. All eligible patients are welcome and encouraged to contact reception to book an appointment.

• Saturday 18th October 2025
• Saturday 25th October 2025
• Saturday 1st November 2025

Invites

After confirmation of the vaccine delivery date from vaccines supplier, the practice will begin contacting all eligible patients—via text message with self-booking links, phone call, email, or letter—in an effort to ensure that everyone who wishes to receive the vaccination is vaccinated. We expect to send these invitations in the first week of October 2025. Please be patient, and we will keep you updated.

Flu and COVID vaccination of housebound patients

Housebound patients will receive their flu and COVID vaccinations through our healthcare provider, delivered by Reena’s Pharmacy. We are currently in the process of contacting all housebound patients, including those at St Peter’s Care Home, to obtain consent for receiving the vaccines.

Published: Sep 24, 2025