Yes. If you are aged 65 years or over or you are at higher risk

Who is at risk?

• If you are aged 65 years or over or if you are on regular inhaled steroids
• If you have a chronic respiratory disease (including asthma)
• If you have chronic heart disease
• If you have chronic renal disease
• If you are diabetic
• If you have a weak immune system
• If you live in a long-stay residential or nursing home
• If you have a chronic liver disease
• If you are a carer

We have a pneumococcal immunisation programme for everybody aged 65 and over and those at risk between the ages of 2 and 65 years.

The pneumococcal vaccine protects against serious and potentially fatal pneumococcal infections which can cause diseases such as pneumonia, septicaemia (blood poisoning) and meningitis.