Seasonal vaccination
Flu Jab in Epsom: NHS and Private
Flu vaccination is free on the NHS for a long list of people, and a lot of them never realise they are on it. This page says who qualifies here, when their appointments open, and how to book one.
Not eligible for a free jab? Private flu jab £26 · COVID-19 vaccine £89 · both together £115
- GPhC premises 9011598
Not sure if you qualify? Call us on 020 8393 1000
Flu vaccinations are open to everyone who's eligible. Most people should be done by the end of November.
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1 September
Children and pregnancy
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1 October
You are here
Everyone else who qualifies
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30 November
Most people done by now
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31 March
The season ends
GPhC registered premises
9011598
Private and NHS pharmacy services from one registered pharmacy in Ewell, Epsom.
In short
Flu vaccination is free on the NHS at Miles Pharmacy in Epsom for groups that include everyone aged 65 and over, pregnant women, carers, and anyone with a long-term health condition. Appointments run to the end of March. If you're not in a group, we vaccinate privately for £26. You can have your COVID vaccine at the same visit.
Work it out
Am I eligible for a free NHS flu jab?
Your age band and anything that puts you in a risk group. It says whether the NHS pays, from when, and what to do if it doesn't.
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Pick an age band, tick anything that applies, and the answer appears here.
- Reasons it checks
- 7
- Rules last checked
- 17 September 2026
The list follows the national flu programme for England, 2026/27 flu season. Our pharmacist confirms your eligibility at the appointment.
Who qualifies
Who gets it free on the NHS
These are the groups the NHS covers this season. The date beside each one is when that group's appointments open, which is not the same date for everybody.
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Open now
Children and pregnancy
- Pregnant women At any stage of pregnancy, and it also protects the baby for the first months of life.
- Children aged 2 or 3 on 31 August 2026 Usually the nasal spray. GP surgeries start in September, pharmacies from 1 October.
- School-aged children, reception to year 11 Given in school. Pharmacies can catch up those who missed it from 1 December.
- Children aged 6 months to under 18 in a clinical risk group
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Open now
Everyone else who qualifies
- Adults aged 65 and over
- Adults aged 18 to 64 in a clinical risk group Includes diabetes, asthma needing steroids, heart, lung, liver, kidney and neurological conditions, a weakened immune system, a BMI of 40 or over, and others set out in the Green Book.
- People living in long-stay residential care
- Carers on carer's allowance, or the main carer of an elderly or disabled person
- Close contacts of someone immunosuppressed
- People experiencing homelessness aged 16 and over New for 2026/27: rough sleepers and people using hostels or night shelters.
- Frontline social care workers without an employer scheme Care homes, domiciliary care, hospices and personal assistants paid through direct payments.
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Not on the list?
Private flu jabs
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The price
A private flu vaccination is £26: one injection, paid when you book. Book it like any other appointment, or call.
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Who this is for
Healthy adults under 65 with no qualifying condition, NHS and healthcare staff whose employer should provide it but hasn't, and anyone who'd rather not wait for their group's start date. The Saudi authorities recommend it for Hajj and Umrah, alongside the meningitis ACWY vaccine pilgrims need from age 1.
Why the list exists
Flu isn't a bad cold
- What it's like
- A sudden high temperature, aching muscles, exhaustion, a dry cough, a sore throat and a headache, usually for about a week. Most people recover at home; some end up in hospital.
- Who it hits hardest
- Older people, pregnant women, young children and anyone with a long-term condition or a weakened immune system are the most likely to be seriously ill, which is exactly who the NHS list is written around.
- Vaccinated for someone else
- Carers and people who live with someone immunosuppressed are on the list to protect the person they look after, whose own vaccine may not take as well.
- Why it's every year
- The viruses change from one winter to the next, so the vaccine is updated every year to match, and a dose is needed every year.
- Before it arrives
- Flu tends to circulate from December, so the autumn is the time. Protection takes about two weeks to build.
The vaccine
Which vaccine you will be given
It depends on your age and why you qualify. The pharmacist confirms it at the appointment.
- Adults aged 65 and over
- A vaccine designed for older immune systems. Egg-cultured vaccine isn't recommended or reimbursed for this age group.
- Adults aged 50 to 64 in a risk group
- Standard adult vaccine
- Adults aged 18 to 49 in a risk group
- Standard adult vaccine
- Children aged 2 and over
- Nasal spray. Contains porcine gelatine. An injected cell-cultured vaccine is offered where the nasal spray isn't suitable or where families object to the gelatine.
- Children under 2 in a risk group
- Injection
- This season
- All preferred vaccines for 2026/27 are trivalent.
Your appointment
What the appointment involves
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How long
About 15 minutes. The vaccination itself takes seconds; the questions before it take longer than the injection does.
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What to bring
Nothing, unless you are claiming on a condition we have not seen you for. If you are booking for someone else, bring their details rather than yours.
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Afterwards
You can drive and go back to work straight away. A sore arm for a day is the usual, and protection builds over about two weeks.
Before and after
Side effects, and who should wait
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Common after the injection
A sore arm for a day or two, and sometimes a slight temperature or aching muscles. They pass on their own.
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Can it give you flu?
No. The injected vaccines contain no live virus, so they can't cause flu. Feeling a little off-colour for a day is the immune system responding, not an infection.
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Unwell on the day
A cold is fine. A fever isn't: wait until it has passed and rebook. Tell us and we'll move the appointment.
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Egg allergy
Most people with an egg allergy can have the flu vaccine, and egg-free vaccines are available. Tell us when you book and the pharmacist chooses accordingly.
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Pregnancy and breastfeeding
Recommended at any stage of pregnancy, and it protects the baby for the first months of life. Breastfeeding is fine too.
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Who should ask first
Anyone who has had a severe allergic reaction to a previous flu vaccine or one of its ingredients. Say so when you book and we'll talk it through before anything is given.
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Work it out
Am I eligible for a free NHS flu jab?
Before you book
Questions about the flu jab
Answered by the pharmacist who signs this page off.
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It is free on the NHS if you are in one of the groups listed on this page. If you are not, we can still vaccinate you privately. Call us if you are not sure which applies.
Samit Patel
Superintendent Pharmacist and Director · GPhC 2076789
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Before flu starts circulating, which is why most appointments run through the autumn. It is worth having later in the season too: flu carries on into late winter and we vaccinate until the end of March.
Samit Patel
Superintendent Pharmacist and Director · GPhC 2076789
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Yes, and it is the group people most often miss. If you receive carer's allowance, or you are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person, you qualify.
Samit Patel
Superintendent Pharmacist and Director · GPhC 2076789
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Yes. Book in their name and bring their details. If you are booking because you look after them, check whether you qualify yourself at the same time.
Samit Patel
Superintendent Pharmacist and Director · GPhC 2076789
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No. The injected vaccines contain no live virus, so they can't cause flu. A sore arm, and sometimes a day of feeling a little off-colour, is the immune system responding.
Samit Patel
Superintendent Pharmacist and Director · GPhC 2076789
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A sore arm for a day or two is the usual, and sometimes a slight temperature or aching muscles. They pass on their own. Children having the nasal spray may have a runny or blocked nose, a headache or a bit of tiredness.
Samit Patel
Superintendent Pharmacist and Director · GPhC 2076789
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Yes, if you don't have a fever. If you do, wait until it has passed and rebook; tell us and we'll move the appointment.
Samit Patel
Superintendent Pharmacist and Director · GPhC 2076789
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Most people with an egg allergy can. Egg-free vaccines are available, so tell us when you book and the pharmacist will choose accordingly.
Samit Patel
Superintendent Pharmacist and Director · GPhC 2076789
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Yes, at any stage of pregnancy, and it's recommended: it protects you and it protects the baby for the first months of life. Pregnant women's appointments open a month before most adults'.
Samit Patel
Superintendent Pharmacist and Director · GPhC 2076789
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Protection builds over about two weeks, which is why the autumn is the time. It lasts the season; the viruses change from one winter to the next, so the vaccine is updated and repeated every year.
Samit Patel
Superintendent Pharmacist and Director · GPhC 2076789
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Not by age: the line is 65. You would qualify through a long-term condition, pregnancy, caring for someone, or living with someone immunosuppressed. Otherwise we can vaccinate you privately.
Samit Patel
Superintendent Pharmacist and Director · GPhC 2076789
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Yes. An NHS flu vaccination given here is recorded and sent to your GP practice, so your record stays complete.
Samit Patel
Superintendent Pharmacist and Director · GPhC 2076789
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A private flu vaccination is £26, one injection, paid when you book. Book it like any other appointment, or call us.
Samit Patel
Superintendent Pharmacist and Director · GPhC 2076789
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Yes. If you're 75 or over, or your immune system is weakened, it's free on the NHS. Otherwise it's £89 privately, and you can have it at the same appointment as your flu jab.
Samit Patel
Superintendent Pharmacist and Director · GPhC 2076789
Professional, personal, local
Who gives the vaccination
A pharmacist you can ask, in a pharmacy round the corner.
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Devi Pharmacist
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Tanya Pharmacist
Guides and advice
Flu guides
- Flu Carers and the free flu jab
- Flu Is it too late for a flu jab?
- Flu Flu jab side effects: what’s normal, and when to get help
Guides are a starting point, not a diagnosis. What is right for you depends on your health history, your medicines and what a pharmacist finds on the day.
Find the pharmacy
Where to come, and when
Miles Pharmacy is in Epsom, Surrey. Patients come to us from across Surrey, including Ewell, Ashtead, Leatherhead and Banstead, and from Sutton, Cheam, Surbiton and Kingston in south-west London.
Ewell, Epsom, Surrey KT19 9UR
How to get here Parking, trains, buses and step-free access
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The door is on Chessington Road, with step-free access
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The station car park, on Station Approach off Chessington Road
- Address Elizabeth Court, Station Approach, KT17 1DR
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Step-free to all platforms, by a footbridge with lifts
- Step-free to every platform (National Rail step-free category A)
- Lifts two, on the footbridge
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Outside the pharmacy, with a stop on each side of Chessington Road
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Cycle parking at the station
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Appointments
Book your flu vaccination at Miles Pharmacy.
Choose a service and a date that suits you. One of us confirms it with you directly.
- Private and NHS
- GPhC premises 9011598
- Closed today
Prefer to talk? 020 8393 1000