Flu vaccination programme 2024

UCL Flu Vaccination Programme 

Get your voucher now!

UCL provides free flu vaccination vouchers for staff and students. The programme runs in the lead up to the winter period and involved collaborating with Boots Corporate Health. 

The vouchers must be redeemed through Boots by 30 November.  

Before applying for your voucher through UCL, please check if you are eligible to receive a vaccine through the NHS. 

We are encouraging the following people to apply for the flu voucher: 

• Staff members in student facing roles.
• Those who encounter high volumes of people whilst on campus 

If you would like to apply for a voucher through UCL: Please use this link 

How effective is the flu vaccine? 

No vaccine guarantees 100% immunity, levels of protection vary from person to person.  

However, studies have shown that the flu vaccine helps prevent you getting the flu. If you have had the vaccine, and get flu, it is likely to be milder and shorter-lived than it would otherwise have been.  

Flu vaccines have an excellent safety record. They are the best protection we have against an unpredictable virus. Particularly for groups that are at risk and for whom flu can cause severe illness and deaths.  

Over time, protection from the injected flu vaccine decreases. Flu strains often change and our immunity towards these weakens. New flu vaccines are produced each year, to reflect the changes in strains. Therefore, the NHS recommend having the flu vaccine every year.  

Read about what flu is and how to avoid spreading it.