Flu and COVID-19: NBS opens to post appointments
Pharmacy owners using the National Booking Service (NBS) to offer appointments for adult flu and COVID-19 vaccinations can now post appointments within the system, ahead of patients being able to use NBS to book appointments from 1st September 2025, for vaccination from 1st October 2025.
The use of NBS for flu vaccinations is a voluntary option and the functionality within NHS Profile Manager, which was added last year to allow pharmacies to add a link to their own flu vaccination booking system within their NHS website profile, remains in place.
If pharmacy owners have not yet registered for NBS and would like to take up the offer to use NBS (and who don’t already have access to NBS as part of the COVID-19 vaccination service), the NBS registration flu form must be completed by 1st September 2024.
