Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeToddlers will be able to get the free NHS nasal flu spray in pharmacies for the first time. Between 2024/25 some 42.6 per cent of two and three-year-olds took up the offer of the nasal spray, a slight decrease compared to 2023/24. Some 1.2 million toddlers are eligible for the free nasal spray. Most children are given a nasal spray, but some can opt for an injection instead.