Interval between flu jab and covid booster

[nether]

Just seen the news about the most vulnerable 500,000 people being called for covid booster imminently. This will apply to one member of my household.

We do however have flu jabs already booked (needed to her them dine nice and early before the 'sniff' programme gets going, because of the risk from shedding)

So does anyone know what is the safe interval between jabs if you don't get them done together?

(Yes I will be asking GP, but they've been a bit crap about jab entitlements, so if I can find out the right answer this will help us plan and decide if we need to change booking)

when I had mine they asked if I had been given the flu jab in the 7 days before.

I had a different vaccinatiin last year after my flu jab and I had to wait 7 days between those too.

They can be given together.

Thanks!!

I know they can be given together, but we have already made flu jab bookings where they don't do covid jabs. So as things stand, the person who gets the booster won't be getting them done together.

Hence need to plan the correct interval once we get the notification that booster is bookable

I'd think if they can be done together then there probably isn't any need for a certain gap but it's best to check with your gp if possible.

When we had our covid vaccines we were asked if we'd had any other vaccination in the last 7 days.

So I'm guessing they want a 7 day interval at minimum.

Earlier published information said 7 day gap if not given together, so I was wondering if anyone knew if that was still in force.

Policy documents talk about co-administration where possible, but it doesn't really seem geared up for that yet. But it might be coming?

News reports suggest that eligible people in the 500,000 will be individually notified soon (whatever that means) and as there's no info yet on co-administration, I really don't want to relinquish flu jab booking until there's a firm answer safe interval (or official confirmation of co-administration)

I believe the NHS are in the process of seeing If they can be given at the same time. No answer yet as far as I know.

Another one here who was asked if I'd have another vaccine within seven days. Whatever you do, don't cancel the flu vaccine until you know when the covid boosters will be administered - you can either chose for them to be done 7 days apart, or decide which one is your priority (I've got my flu vaccine booked towards end Sept, I tried to get my DH booked in last week and all Sept appointments have gone).

Exactly, @ifonly4

I don't want the most vulnerable of the household to be in a pickle because of admin issues around bookings.

And if there's no decision about co-administration then (assuming the 7 day info given repeatedly in this thread is indeed accurate) we'll stick with the current flu jab appt (mid Sept) as there's still a bit of time to boost before (if they come out really quickly for this group) or if not, 7 days separation doesn't seem like too much longer to wait

(see many earlier threads in which I laid out all the woes of getting timely covid jabs for 16/17yo household of CEV - we were stuck waiting for weeks because of incomprehensible admin snafus)

It's funny, when I had my Covid jag I was asked if I'd had another vaccination in the past 6 months.

Maybe the 7 days is to stop people confusing side effects from one with the other?

@shouldistop thats exactly why I was told I had to wait after my flu jab for my other vaccination last year. She said it was so if I had a reaction they would know which one I reacted to.

I asked at a pharmacy that does jabs, including covid.

They are still awaiting detailed guidance.

Currently it's administer together or with a gap of at least 7 days.

There are hopes that it will be possible to co-administer for the 500,000, but no-one seems to be taking in to account the likelihood of those people already having booked their flu shots