COVID-19 spring vaccine

Check if you’re eligible

NHS Scotland recommends you have the spring vaccine this year if you:

are aged 75 years or over on 30 June 2024 (i.e. born on or before 30 June 1949)
live in a care home for older adults
are aged 6 months or over (by or on 31 March 2024) and have a weakened immune system

Important: Please wait to be contacted

All those eligible will be invited for their vaccination.

If you’re eligible, you’ll be sent information from NHS Scotland via letter, text or email about your appointment or how to book one. If you previously chose to be contacted digitally, you’ll receive a text or email. Otherwise, you’ll receive a letter.

You’ll be able to book or rearrange an appointment online.

If you believe you are eligible and have not been contacted about vaccination please contact our Service Delivery Centre.

Find out more about eligibility and booking at NHS inform.

Important: Online service for vaccination appointments

NHS Scotland offers an online booking portal to:

manage your upcoming flu and COVID-19 vaccination appointments
view your vaccination history
maintain your preferred contact details - if you select to receive correspondence about your COVID-19 and flu vaccines by email or SMS in future, then you'll no longer receive letters with this information

Daytime appointments only (usually between 9am and 4pm) - evening appointments are not available.

Appointments on some Argyll and Bute islands as shown on the map below should be booked directly with the local GP practice instead of using the portal.

Watch a YouTube video with more help about the online booking portal.

Map of vaccination clinics

Accurate locations of COVID-19 vaccination clinic locations in the NHS Highland area.

Log in to the booking portal or contact the local Service Delivery Centre helpline to manage a clinic booking at one of these locations.

Use the booking portal to see bookable clinics and the map to find their location if necessary. Clinic locations on the map are checked regularly but clinics can fill up, so occasionally there may be a location on the map which will not represent a bookable clinic.

View the map in a separate browser tab.

Important: Help by phone or email

phone 08000 320 339

Contact our local Service Delivery Centre helpline if you:

have been asked to book an appointment
need to rearrange an appointment
need to cancel an appointment (please let us know so we can offer a place to someone else)
have questions about vaccination clinics

Available:

Monday, 9:30am to 5:00pm
Tuesday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm

You can leave a voicemail outside these hours with details (see below).

email nhsh.vaccinationenquiries@nhs.scot

One of the team will get back to you as soon as possible.

Please provide details

When leaving a message by phone or email, please leave your:

name
address (including postcode)
the nature of your enquiry

Leave one message only as this will help our team to get back to everyone quickly.

Important: The COVID-19 vaccine

Vaccination is still the best way of protecting yourself against severe COVID-19 illness. The vaccine can reduce your risk of developing serious COVID-19 and make your symptoms milder if you do get it.

Find out more about the COVID-19 vaccine at NHS inform.

Information is also available in other languages and formats.

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