Every guide sets out the published UK criteria in one place: minimum age, NHS versus private availability by age group, pregnancy guidance, who should not have it, and how long protection lasts.
Offered every autumn and winter. NHS eligibility is set each season; everyone else can pay privately.
For everyone aged 6 months and over. Free on the NHS for over-65s, pregnant women, carers, care home residents and people with long-term conditions.
Licensed from 6 months. Free on the NHS each season for over-75s, care home residents and people with a weakened immune system; available privately to most others.
For adults aged 60 and over (from 50 in some cases) and for pregnant women from 28 weeks. Free on the NHS from 75, at 65 to 74 with a weakened immune system or long-term lung condition, and in pregnancy.
Licensed from age 50 (from 18 with a severely weakened immune system). Free on the NHS when you turn 65, for those aged 70 to 79, and from 18 if severely immunosuppressed.
Part of the NHS schedule for children and teenagers, with catch-up doses for adults who missed them.
For everyone from 12 months who has not had two doses. Free on the NHS at any age if you missed it. A live vaccine, so not given in pregnancy.
Licensed from age 9 with no upper age limit. Free on the NHS at 12 to 13 and until your 25th birthday if you missed it; adults pay privately.
From 6 weeks of age. Free on the NHS at 13 to 14 and until your 25th birthday. Required for Hajj and Umrah, and advised for the African meningitis belt.
Mainly for babies and children at higher risk of TB. Not usually given over 16 unless exposure risk is high, and rarely over 35. A live vaccine, so not given in pregnancy.
Depends on where you are going and what you will do there. Some are free from your GP; most are private.
From 9 months for travel to risk areas in Africa and South America. Extra care over 60. A live vaccine, so not given in pregnancy. Private only, at registered centres.
From 12 months. For travel to countries with poor sanitation and for people at higher risk. Free from your GP for travel. Not live, so can be given in pregnancy.
From birth. Part of the NHS baby schedule since 2017; for adults it is a travel and occupational vaccine. Not live, so can be given in pregnancy.
Injection from age 2 (from 1 year after a risk assessment); oral capsules from age 5. For travel to South Asia, Africa and Latin America. Free from your GP for travel.
No minimum age. For travellers to remote areas and anyone likely to have contact with animals abroad. Not live, so can be given in pregnancy. Private only for travel.
From age 2. An oral vaccine for travellers to areas with outbreaks or poor sanitation, especially aid workers. Free from your GP for travel.
From 2 months of age. For longer or rural stays in South and East Asia. Two doses before travel. Not live. Private only.
From age 1. For walking, camping or working in forested parts of Europe and Asia in spring and summer. Not live, so can be given in pregnancy when needed. Private only.
From age 12 (Vimkunya) or 18 to 59 (Ixchiq). For travel to areas with a current outbreak, or frequent and long-stay travel where the virus circulates. Private only.
General information only. These guides reproduce published UK criteria from the UKHSA Green Book, the NHS and product licences. They are not medical advice, and the clinician at your appointment confirms whether a vaccine is right for you.