Childhood Flu Vaccination Service
This service is to be commissioned as an Advanced service for a one-season trial of administering flu vaccinations to children aged 2-3 years from 1st October 2025.
Further information can be found via: Childhood Flu Vaccination Service – Community Pharmacy England (cpe.org.uk)
The following key documents have now been published for the for the Childhood Flu Vaccination Service
Please read these documents before providing the service.
- Service Specification – The service specification describes the requirements for provision of the service and it is essential reading for all pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and other vaccinators providing the service. Pharmacy owners will be paid £9.58 for each vaccine administered
- PGD – A PGD to cover the administration of both LAIV and IIVc is being developed by UKHSA and it will be published shortly
- Service Directions and Determination
- The Annual flu letter and the Update to the Annual flu letter confirm the eligible patient cohorts for the 2025/26 season
To provide this service, please register via the NHS Business Services Authority’s Manage Your Service (MYS) portal.
To receive vaccine ahead of the start of the service on 1st October 2025, pharmacy owners were required to register on the MYS portal by 11.59pm on 31st August 2025. Later registration is possible, but the provision of the centrally procured vaccine will be received after the starting date for the service.
Community Pharmacy England held a joint webinar on the service with NHS England, on Wednesday 20th August 2025.
Watch the on-demand version of the webinar
Webinar slides (20th August 2025)
e-Learning for Healthcare Flu Immunisation online course: This interactive flu immunisation e-learning programme, written by UKHSA and NHS England, is available for anyone involved in providing the flu vaccination programme.
The manufacturer of the LAIV vaccine used in the NHS vaccination programme has a website for healthcare professionals, providing information on the product, including a video on how to administer the vaccine: AstraZeneca Fluenz website for healthcare professionals
Leaflets
Flu vaccination for children: leaflets and posters 2025 to 2026 (14th July 2025)
‘Protect your child against flu – information for parents and carers of children in primary school or pre-school’ leaflet. Paper copies of this leaflet are available to order for free or download on the Health Publications website using the product code 2025FCEN.
This leaflet is available to order and download in the following languages: Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dari, Estonian, Farsi, French, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Nepali, Panjabi, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Romany, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tigrinya, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Yiddish and Yoruba.
Accessible versions will soon be available to order and download.
Stickers
Free stickers are available to order using product code SCHFLSTK. These stickers are for healthcare practitioners to give to children who have received a flu vaccine. There are 72 stickers per sheet.
Posters
‘Five reasons to vaccinate your child against flu’ poster for primary schools and pre-schools is available to order using the product code FLU5RY24.
This poster is available in the following languages: Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Estonian, Farsi, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Latvian, Lithuanian, Panjabi, Polish, Romanian, Romany, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu and Yiddish.
