Spring 2024 Covid booster
Spring 2024 booster eligibility
COVID-19 is more serious in older people and in people with certain underlying health conditions.
You or your child may be offered a spring COVID-19 vaccine if you:
- are 75 years or over (you need to be 75 years old by 30 June 2024)
- are 6 months to 74 years old and have a weakened immune system
- live in a care home for older adults
- People who have a weakened immune system
Timing of the spring booster
You should be offered an appointment between April and June, with those at highest risk being called in first. You will be invited to have your booster around 6 months after your last dose, but you can have it as soon as 3 months.
If you are turning 75 years of age between April and June, you do not have to wait until your birthday, you can attend when you are called for vaccination.
Spring Booster appointments
You will be invited for your booster, your GP may offer you the vaccine or you can book using the NHS app for Apple or Android devices.
You can also find your nearest walk-in vaccination site from the NHS website.
You can call 119 free of charge to book over the phone if you cannot book online. You can speak to a translator if you need to.
If you have difficulties communicating or hearing you can use textphone 18001 or the NHS 119 British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter service if you have difficulties communicating or hearing, or if you are a BSL user.
Vaccines in use this spring
You will be given a booster dose of a vaccine made by Pfizer or Moderna and approved in the UK. These vaccines have been updated since the original vaccines and target a different COVID-19 variant. These updated vaccines boost protection well, and give slightly higher levels of antibody against the more recent strains of COVID-19 (Omicron).
As we cannot predict which variants of COVID-19 will be circulating this spring and summer, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) have concluded that the vaccine used in the later weeks of the autumn 2023 programme should be used.
Please accept the vaccination that is offered to you as soon as you are able to – you will be offered the right vaccine for you at the right time.
Who cannot take up the offer of a spring booster
There are very few eligible people who should not have a dose this spring. If you have had a severe reaction to a previous dose of the vaccine you should discuss this with your doctor.
For more information visit: Getting a COVID-19 vaccine
A guide to the spring 2024 COVID-19 vaccination campaign leaflet
