Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Programme 2025-2026

Background

The seasonal flu programme is a long-established vaccination programme that is proven to save lives and deliver a cost-effective prevention programme. High levels of flu immunisation is one of the most effective interventions that can be made to reduce harm from flu and pressures on health and social care services during the winter. The annual immunisation programme is a critical element of the system-wide approach for delivering robust and resilient health and care services throughout the year, helping to reduce unplanned hospital admissions and pressure on A&E

Purpose and outline

The seasonal flu programme is a long-established vaccination programme that is proven to save lives and deliver a cost-effective prevention programme. High levels of flu immunisation is one of the most effective interventions that can be made to reduce harm from flu and pressures on health and social care services during the winter. The annual immunisation programme is a critical element of the system-wide approach for delivering robust and resilient health and care services throughout the year, helping to reduce unplanned hospital admissions and pressure on A&E.

For 2025/26, the seasonal flu will continue to allow vaccinations of both General Medical Service (covers General Medical Services (GMS), Personal Medical Services (PMS) and Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) registered patients and Immediately Necessary Treatment (INT) registered patients.

How this service is commissioned and provided

Region’s commission this service for GP practices.

NHS England service specifications

2025/26: Information about this service

  • Quality service start date: 01 September 2025
  • Quality service end date: 31 March 2026
  • Payment period: Monthly
  • Collection frequency: Monthly
  • Manual or automatic entry: Automatic data collection
  • Included in data collection: All system suppliers (TPP, Medicus and Emis)
  • System type: Vaccination and Immunisation (V&I)

Service user guides

The below links to user guides describe how to participate, manually enter, and declare achievement for this service:

Viewing, accepting and rejecting a Quality service offered in CQRS National

Manually inputting Achievement data

Declaring an achievement for payment

Page updated: 23 July 2025