Flu Jab In Moray & Aberdeenshire
Flu vaccines are here (lasted updated 27th September 2023).
We are able to offer private flu vaccinations at £15 for this flu season.
Book your flu jab below – ONLY private £15 non-NHS:
Flu Vaccination Service In Cullen (Buckie, Moray)
You can get your flu jab from Cullen Pharmacy which runs flu clinics, at 28 – 30 Seafield St, Cullen, Buckie, AB56 4SH. No matter where you are live, we can provide the flu vaccine. Typically, we vaccinate those that live in Cullen, Buckie, Portsoy and surrounding areas, but also further afield throughout Moray and Aberdeenshire. We offer flu vaccines for those who want to get the flu jab this winter. You can make an appointment for our flu clinic online via our app or by phone.
If you would like to stay protected this flu season, just make an appointment by following the above link, or call us (01542 840 220) if you need a same day appointment. It’s quick, easy and means you are less likely to catch the flu virus this season. So if you want to keep flu at bay, and make sure you stay fit, healthy, and ready for work, and the holiday season.
Simply make an appointment by phone or by using our app, and we can keep help you stay protected against flu this winter.
There are also special rates if you are booking as a couple, a family, or as a company. All payments for the service are made on the day of appointment, and not through the website, so don’t worry if you don’t have to enter any payment information.
Flu Jabs | Flu Vaccines | From Cullen Pharmacy, Cullen, Buckie, Moray
Flu Jab Aberdeenshire
Not only are our flu jab clinics open to those in Moray, they are also open to anyone from Aberdeenshire too.
Eligible Groups **2023 – these categories no longer apply as the NHS do not offer free flu vaccinations via pharmacies**
Local Health Board staff will make contact with Care Homes directly. For those staff that have missed the vaccination on site can book directly with Cullen Pharmacy to get their free NHS flu vaccination.
Everyone over the age of 70 years will be invited to their local immunisation clinic. Letters will begin being send out on the w/c 27th September offering covaccination for COVID-19 Booster and flu. Housebound patients will be vaccinated through a home visit by Community/District Nurse teams.
During December, Cullen Pharmacy will be offering flu and covid booster jabs, therefore if you fall into this category and have missed your scheduled appointment at one of the NHS immunisation clinics, you can attend your local pharmacy in Cullen.
Workplace and national tailored communication; book above.
Book above.
Other staff who are eligible include: GPs, dentists, pharmacists, healthcare students, Practitioner Services, Scottish Ambulance Service and Blood Transfusion Service
Conditions and diseases which can make flu more dangerous include:
- asthma
- stroke
- bronchitis
- liver problems such as cirrhosis/hepatitis
- emphysema
- diabetes
- cystic fibrosis
- asplenia or dysfunction of the spleen
- chronic heart disease
- being very overweight
- chronic kidney failure
- HIV infection.
Anyone undergoing chemotherapy treatment or on medication that reduces their immunity is at higher risk and should also get immunised.
Book above. Cullen Pharmacy will also be offering covid booster jabs, therefore you may be able to get both at the same time.
Book above. Cullen Pharmacy will also be offering covid booster jabs, therefore you may be able to get both at the same time.
Patients who are severely immunosuppressed will be eligible for both flu vaccination and a 3rd primary dose of COVID-19 Vaccine. Please note this is not a “booster” dose, it is a third primary dose and as such only 8 weeks is required between 2nd dose COVID-19 and third primary dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
Letters will be sent out from the 4th October from NHS Grampian.
Household contacts of severely immunosuppressed patients are eligible for free flu vaccination this year.
If you are the main carer for an elderly or disabled person, who may be put at risk if you became ill, you will be eligible for a free flu jab. Book above.
At risk patients will be identified as eligible for the flu vaccination this season due to their diagnosed health condition. Children aged over 12 years and adults may also be eligible for the COVID-19 Booster vaccination. Eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccination criteria include age, underlying health condition and 6 months gap between your 2nd COVID vaccine dose and the booster dose.
How to access your winter vaccinations
You may be sent a letter with an appointment, or you may be asked to self register for an appointment.
At your appointment you will be offered the vaccines which you are eligible for. This may be flu only for children aged under 12 years, or flu vaccination and the COVID-19 Booster vaccine for other patients.
The flu vaccine for children may be an injectable vaccine or the nasal spray, some children may require 2 doses if it is their first flu vaccination.
If you have only recently received your 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccine, but are eligible for the booster vaccine, this will be offered at a later date once the 6 month period is reached.
Conditions and diseases which can make flu more dangerous include:
- asthma
- stroke
- bronchitis
- liver problems such as cirrhosis/hepatitis
- emphysema
- diabetes
- cystic fibrosis
- asplenia or dysfunction of the spleen
- chronic heart disease
- being very overweight
- chronic kidney failure
- HIV infection.
You may be eligible to have the vaccine as a nasal spray. For more information visit the NHS Inform child flu page.
Book above.
If your child has missed their appointment at school, simply book above.
If you missed the school visit, simply book above.
The Royal College of Midwives along with Scotland’s Chief Medical and Chief Nursing Officers recommend that all pregnant women should have the free flu vaccine, even if you’ve had it before or this isn’t your first baby.
Pregnancy vaccination is provided by community midwives in the Grampian area. Your community midwife will arrange your vaccination at the appropriate ante natal appointment.
In response to the ongoing COVID19 pandemic the Scottish Government announced extended patient groups eligible for the seasonal flu vaccine this season, which includes prison officers. Book above.
What if I’m not in one of the eligible groups?
If you are not in one of the eligible groups for the free flu immunisation, you can get the vaccine at Cullen Pharmacy for £15, group/workplace discounts available.
