The 2026-2027 influenza vaccination campaign for MUFACE members in Castilla y León started on Tuesday, October 13, according to SoriaNoticias. Other Spanish regions have set their own start dates based on their respective health service planning, following the vaccination recommendations approved by the Public Health Commission of the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System (CISNS).
MUFACE is the mutual insurance scheme covering Spanish public sector workers. Under the arrangement described by SoriaNoticias, members who have opted for public healthcare receive their dose through the public health service. For those affiliated with a private concertada entity, the vaccine is included in that entity's Healthcare Assistance Agreement.
Why it matters
The primary aim of this season's campaign is to strengthen protection for the most vulnerable groups, reducing illness and death linked to influenza. A second goal is to limit the strain that flu and similar infections place on healthcare and social care capacity during the winter months.
The campaign is being rolled out in stages. According to SoriaNoticias, this staggered approach helps ensure an adequate vaccine supply, improves the campaign's overall effectiveness, and allows the rollout to respond both to how the virus circulates and to the organisational differences between Spain's regional health systems.
Who is recommended for vaccination
Health authorities particularly recommend the flu vaccine for people at higher risk of complications. The groups named by SoriaNoticias include children aged six to 59 months, pregnant women, healthcare and social care professionals, and other groups identified by health authorities.
Vaccination is delivered progressively, in line with each autonomous community's own campaign. Doses go to people in the risk groups defined by each region, regardless of which healthcare option they have chosen. SoriaNoticias advises members to check the dates and criteria that apply in their own community or autonomous city.
What to do if your provider has no vaccination centre
MUFACE members whose concertada entity does not offer a centre for vaccination can buy the flu vaccine at a pharmacy, SoriaNoticias reports. In that situation, members who chose care through a concertada entity and belong to a risk group pay the full cost upfront and must later claim the amount back from their entity.
SoriaNoticias also notes that the vaccine should not be prescribed on a MUFACE prescription form.
The next thing to watch is how each autonomous community schedules its own rollout, since start dates and risk-group criteria differ by region.
