How to Buy Flu Vouchers for Your Staff: The 2026/27 Employer Guide

Flu season comes around every year, and these days your team is rarely all in one place on the same morning. Some are in the office, some work from home, and others are on the road or split across different sites. The challenge is simple: protect everyone quickly, without creating a pile of admin. Flu vouchers are how you do it.

When you buy flu vouchers, each one is a pre-paid flu vaccination your employee redeems at a pharmacy near them, at a time that fits their day. You place one order, share a single code, and your people get protected wherever they are. There is no central clinic to organise and no half-day lost to travel.

We are FluClinic2You. From our registered base at 30 Northfield Avenue, London W13 9RL, we supply flu vouchers to businesses and places of education across the UK, redeemable at more than 2,000 pharmacies nationwide. We also run on-site workplace clinics, so we can give you a balanced view of which route fits your team rather than pushing one option.

This guide is the complete picture: what a voucher is, how to buy, what it costs for the 2026/27 season, how to choose the right payment plan, and how to get strong uptake. There is also a quick calculator so you can price your own order in seconds. When you are ready, you can buy flu vouchers here, or call 020 3411 5565 with any questions.

What a flu voucher is

A flu voucher is a pre-paid entitlement to one seasonal flu vaccination. You buy a batch for your workforce, and each employee redeems a voucher at a participating pharmacy of their choice. It is not a cash payment and it cannot be spent on anything else. It covers a flu jab and nothing more, which keeps the benefit clean and simple to run.

For the people redeeming them, the experience is the same one they would get paying privately at a pharmacy counter, except their employer has already covered the cost and they pick the branch and time. The vouchers are digital, sent to you by email, so they are quick to share across your team. They are redeemed at the same national network of pharmacies wherever your staff are based.

Vouchers sit alongside our on-site clinics rather than replacing them. Plenty of businesses run both: a clinic at head office on vaccination day, and vouchers for everyone who works remotely or across other locations. For the wider strategic view of the service, our complete corporate flu voucher guide covers it in more depth.

How buying flu vouchers works

You place one order, you receive one code, and your staff take it from there. Here is the full sequence from order to protected employee.

Because the whole thing runs on one code, you are not chasing individual appointments or collecting consent forms. The pharmacy handles the clinical side at the point of redemption, exactly as it would for any private patient. Staff simply take the code to a participating pharmacy and get vaccinated.

Work out your cost in seconds

Before we get into the pricing detail, use the calculator below to price your own order. Enter your headcount and how many staff you expect to take up the offer, and it will compare the two payment plans for you.

What flu vouchers cost in 2026/27

Pricing works on volume: the more you buy, the lower the price per voucher. For the 2026/27 season, pre-pay vouchers start at £23 for the smallest orders and fall to £10.50 each once you pass a thousand. The jab itself is covered in that price when your employee redeems.

A worked example helps. Say you have 200 staff and expect roughly 60% to take up the offer. On pre-pay you would buy 200 vouchers at £11.50, which is £2,300, and you own them whether or not every person redeems. On pay-per-activation you would pay £18.95 for each of the 120 who actually get vaccinated, which is £2,274. At that uptake the two land close together, and the balance tips one way or the other as uptake rises or falls.

The calculator above breaks the numbers down for your own team size and expected uptake.

Pre-pay or Pay-Per-Activation: choosing your plan

Both plans buy the same thing: a flu jab redeemed at a pharmacy. What differs is how you pay and who carries the risk of unused vouchers. The right choice depends on how confident you are about uptake and how you prefer to budget.

A large employer buying in bulk for a keen, office-based workforce will usually pay less per head on pre-pay. A business with a scattered team, or one running vouchers for the first time and unsure how many will take them up, often prefers pay-per-activation for the certainty that no budget is spent on unredeemed vouchers. You can set that up through our Pay-Per-Activation option and we will confirm the details with you.

How your flu vouchers are delivered

Our vouchers are digital. Once you have placed your order, we send them to you electronically by email, so you can distribute them to your team the moment you are ready. There is nothing to print, post or hand out, which is what makes vouchers quick to roll out across a large, remote or multi-site workforce.

Each employee receives their voucher and redeems it at a participating pharmacy of their choice. Most pharmacies accept walk-ins, though a quick booking is worth it during busier periods. Vouchers are valid for the whole flu season, from September to March, so staff have plenty of time to get their jab.

Who pays, and the tax position

Flu vouchers are an employer-funded benefit. The company buys them and the employee redeems one at no cost to themselves. It is a practical way to show you take staff wellbeing seriously, and it removes the awkwardness of asking people to claim the cost back.

Employees sometimes ask whether their own workplace will cover a jab. It is a common question, and the answer is that many employers do exactly that, either through vouchers or an on-site clinic.

Which workforce shapes suit vouchers

Vouchers are not the right tool for every business, and we would rather match you to what works than sell you a plan that does not fit. The deciding factor is where your people are on any given day.

If most of your team now works from home for part of the week, vouchers usually give you far better coverage than trying to gather everyone on one date. Vouchers are the natural fit for remote and hybrid teams, and it is worth communicating the offer clearly so more people take it up. If you are still weighing vouchers against an on-site clinic, our comparison of flu vouchers versus on-site clinics sets the two side by side.

Redeeming vouchers at the pharmacy network

A voucher is only as useful as the network behind it. Ours is redeemable at more than 2,000 pharmacies across the UK, including national names your staff will already know, so most people have a participating branch within a short walk or drive of home or work.

Your employees find their nearest branch through our pharmacy finder, then redeem the voucher there using the code you shared. Anyone who already has a code simply redeems it at their chosen pharmacy. No appointment through us is needed, which is part of why uptake tends to be strong: people go when it suits them. Vouchers are valid for the current flu season, so a reminder to redeem before it closes helps avoid unused flu vouchers.

What to look for in a flu voucher provider

Not all voucher schemes are equal, and it pays to compare on more than the headline price. A cheap voucher that few of your staff can conveniently redeem protects fewer people than a slightly higher-priced one with a broad, well-placed network. Here is what matters when you compare providers.

That last point is where we differ from voucher-only suppliers. Because we run on-site clinics as well as vouchers, we can cover a head-office team on a clinic day and everyone else by voucher, all through one supplier, rather than leaving you to stitch two services together.

Why businesses vaccinate against flu

The case for workplace flu protection is a business one as much as a health one. Flu spreads quickly through shared spaces, and a single bad week can leave a team short-staffed at the worst possible moment. Vaccination reduces the chance of that disruption and signals to staff that their wellbeing matters.

Sickness absence carries a real cost. Industry estimates have long put the cost of flu-related absence in the hundreds of pounds per affected employee once you account for lost productivity and cover. Set against a voucher costing from £10.50, the arithmetic is not hard to follow, and the calculator above puts your own numbers against it.

Vouchers make that protection reachable for everyone on the payroll, not just the people who happen to be in the office on clinic day. That breadth of coverage is where the value sits.

Frequently asked questions

How do I buy flu vouchers for my staff?

Order online, choosing your quantity and payment plan. You receive one unique code to share with employees, who then redeem a voucher at any participating pharmacy. The whole order takes a few minutes.

How much do flu vouchers cost in 2026/27?

Pre-pay vouchers are £23 for 1 to 9, £11.50 for 10 to 999, and £10.50 for 1,000 or more. Pay-Per-Activation is £18.95 per redeemed voucher, with a minimum of 25 activations.

What is the difference between pre-pay and Pay-Per-Activation?

With pre-pay you pay for every voucher you order, at lower per-voucher prices. With Pay-Per-Activation you pay £18.95 only for the vouchers your staff actually redeem. Pre-pay suits high, predictable uptake; Pay-Per-Activation suits uncertain uptake.

How are the flu vouchers delivered?

Digitally, by email. Once you have ordered, we send the vouchers electronically so you can share them with your team straight away. There is nothing to print or post, and staff redeem their voucher at a participating pharmacy.

Where can employees redeem a flu voucher?

At more than 2,000 participating pharmacies across the UK, including ASDA, Superdrug, Well, Morrisons and others. Staff can find their nearest branch using our pharmacy finder.

Is there a minimum order?

Pre-pay orders can start from a single voucher. Pay-Per-Activation requires a minimum of 25 activations.

Can my company pay for employees’ flu jabs tax-free?

In many cases an employer can provide a flu vaccination free of tax and National Insurance under HMRC’s trivial benefits rules, where the conditions are met. Confirm the detail with your accountant or HMRC.

Do employees need an appointment?

Not through us. They take the code to a participating pharmacy and redeem it there. Some pharmacies take walk-ins for flu jabs; others prefer a quick booking at the branch.

How long are the vouchers valid?

Vouchers are valid for the whole flu season, from September to March. We recommend reminding staff to redeem in good time so none go to waste.

Can we combine vouchers with an on-site clinic?

Yes. Many businesses run an on-site clinic at their main location and issue vouchers to remote, hybrid or other-site staff, so everyone is covered.

How do we track who has been vaccinated?

You can see how many vouchers from your code have been redeemed, which tells you your coverage without collecting individual records yourself.

What happens to unused vouchers?

With pre-pay, unredeemed vouchers are spend that was not used, so good reminders help. With Pay-Per-Activation you are simply not charged for vouchers that go unredeemed.

How do we get good uptake?

Share the code early, explain that the jab is free to staff and quick to get locally, and send a reminder before the season closes. Digital vouchers and a nearby pharmacy network both help lift redemption.

When can we order for the 2026/27 season?

Vouchers are on sale now for 2026/27. You can place your order or discuss your requirements at any point during the season.