From Autumn 2025, the eligibility for a COVID-19 vaccination in the UK is changing
The JCVI have stated that there is now a high population immunity to COVID-19, additional COVID-19 doses provide very limited, if any, protection against infection and any subsequent onward transmission of infection.
In the UK, the government has therefore decided that, from Autumn 2025, only the following groups of people will be offered a COVID-19 vaccination:
- adults aged 75 years and over
- residents in a care home for older adults
- people aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed (for more information see the NHS website: COVID-19 vaccine – NHS)
This means that, from Autumn 2025, children and adults in the UK living with long-term health conditions, including diabetes, who do not fall into one of the above groups will no longer be offered a COVID-19 vaccination.
This does not affect flu jab eligibility and people living with diabetes will still be offered a winter flu jab as normal in 2025.
