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The cheapest place to get a flu jab

John Fitzsimons
by Lovemoney Staff John Fitzsimons on 29 October 2012  |  Comments 2 comments

As we enter cold season, where is the cheapest place to get this year's flu jab?

The cheapest place to get a flu jab

I got my flu jab last week. They aren’t just for the elderly – my wife is a primary school teacher, so she gets to bring home all sorts of lovely bugs to share with the rest of us.

Loads of places now offer flu jabs, so it’s worth shopping around to see where you can get it cheapest. I’m going to look at the national outlets offering the jab, but your local independent pharmacy may also offer it for less.

Getting it for free

You can get the flu jab for free on the NHS from your local doctor, so long as one of the following applies:

  • You are aged 65 or over
  • You are pregnant
  • You suffer from a health condition like asthma or diabetes
  • You care for someone whose welfare may be at risk if you fall ill

Where to get it

Asda

Asda has a pharmacy service in 230 stores nationwide, open seven days a week. And it’s pretty cheap, costing just £7 per person for the jab.

Boots

For the last couple of years my wife and I have had our jabs at Boots, mainly because it is just down the road.

At Boots the jab sets you back £12.99. You need to go through a questionnaire with the pharmacist beforehand, though you can download it here and file it out at home to save time when you get there.

Co-operative Pharmacy

The Co-op has a pharmacy service in nearly 500 branches across the UK, where the injection will cost you £11.

You can find a branch which offers the flu jab on this section of the website.

Lloyds Pharmacy

Lloyds Pharmacy has more than 1,600 pharmacies across the UK. You can find your nearest one by putting in your details on this section of the Lloyds website.

If you do get your jab from Lloyds it will cost you £12.

Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury’s stores with a pharmacy offer the flu jab. Vaccinations before the 13th November cost just £8, rising to £10 after that. You get Nectar points on them too.

You can search here for your nearest Sainsbury’s Pharmacy.

Superdrug

I’ve personally been in a Superdrug store that offered a pharmacy service, but you can find your nearest one here.

It will set you back £9.95 for the jab.

Tesco

Many Tesco stores now offer a pharmacy, and you can get your jab here for £10. All you need to do is pop into the store.

You can find your nearest Tesco Pharmacy on using this tool on the Tesco website.

Will you be getting the flu jab? How much is your local pharmacy offering the service for? Let us know your thoughts in the Comments box below.

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Comments (2)

  • Meduza78
    Love rating 17
    Meduza78 said

    I am not a big fan of flu jabs. Partly because I rarely catch a typical flu, but mainly because it probably unlocked a dormant autoimmune disease I now suffer every now and then in form of attacks on my eyes and also lower back in the past. And I only had this troy horse once in my life. Then I got very ill, like I do not remember to be since I was a little child having a typical infant infections. And then the first attack happened.

    For some people this immunisation has the desired effect, but for many others it is just a regular yearly donation to the pharmaceutical industry, in return of which they get a regular shot of little amounts of heavy metals and other compounds directly into their bloodstream, and the anti-flu effect is never 100%. What would work more is an optimal diet, enough sleep, proper hygiene and awareness of how to behave in places with higher risk of contacting flu. I am talking about young and not vulnerable people. I think they just waste their money and risk health complications if something goes wrong and they are the unlucky one (like I was).

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  • jabs4all
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    jabs4all said

    Vaccination is the best way to keep the bugs at bay. I have an autoimmune disease (rheumatoid arthritis) which affects my everyday life, not just ''now and then" and yet I still have my flu jab and any others that are offered. Some autoimmune diseases are said to originate from an initial viral or bacterial infection (e.g Guillain-Barre syndrome). Infections can kill within a matter of hours and those that don't may lead to unpleasant side effects. Funding the pharmaceutical companies has helped them develop a vaccine for the deadliest form of bacterial meningitis

    http://www.nhs.uk/news/2012/11November/Pages/Meningitis-B-vaccine-gets-go-ahead.aspx

    An excellent advancement in modern medicine.

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