COVID-19 Vaccination Programme
This page is where you will find the latest information for general practice about the COVID-19 vaccination programme. We are updating this page regularly as new information is released.
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Below you will find information from:
- NHSEI - Covid-19 Vaccination Programme
- NHSEI Primary Care Bulletins
- BMA
- Public Health England
NHSEI: COVID-19 Vaccination Programme
Visit the NHSEI Primary Care guidance pages for key documents including:
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Contacting patients who are severely immunosuppressed about their booster dose (25 January 2022)
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Maximising access to COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy(25 January 2022)
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Extending the post-thaw expiry date of specific batches of Comirnaty® (30 microgram/dose) for adults and adolescents (17 January 2022)
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Generating local demand – delivering the maximum available vaccinations (10 January 2022)
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Updated JCVI advice for the vaccination of children and young people (23 December 2021)
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A new national mission for the NHS: boosting our defences against Omicron (17 December 2021)
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National call: Next steps for the NHS COVID-19 vaccine deployment (13 December 2021)
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Preparing the NHS for the potential impact of the Omicron variant and other winter pressures (13 December 2021)
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Second phase for children and young people aged 12 to 15: next steps for COVID-19 vaccine deployment (13 December 2021)
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JCVI advice in response to the emergence of the B.1.1.529 (Omicron) variant: next steps for deployment (3 December 2021)
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COVID-19 and seasonal flu vaccination for pregnant women (2 December 2021)
COVID-19 deployment queries – contact information:
Supplies: For queries about vaccine supply, ordering and delivery support, and supply of consumables and PPE, contact Unipart at CS@nhsvaccinesupport.com / 0800 678 1650, open 7am to 7pm, Monday-Sunday.
IT and hardware: For queries about IT issues, including IT hardware, 4G connectivity (for equipment provided by NHSE), Pinnacle, Foundry, Data and other IT services issues, contact the Covid Vaccination Help Desk on vaccineservicedesk@england.nhs.uk / 0300 200 1000, open 6am to 10pm every day, including Bank Holidays.
For all other queries, contact your Regional Vaccination Operation Centre (RVOC) in the first instance: North East & Yorkshire england.ney-vacc-cell@nhs.net
NHSE/I Primary Care Bulletins
All NHSEI bulletins, plus sign up link, can be found on the NHSE website here.
BMA: COVID-19 Vaccination Programme
This guidance from the BMA provides detail about what the CVP (COVID-19 vaccination programme) service involves, what is expected of practices, what you will get to support this work, and guidance on what to do now.
The BMA have also published guidance on how practices can utilise extra workforce to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine programme (regularly updated).
PHE: COVID-19: vaccination programme guidance for healthcare practitioners
Guidance for healthcare practitioners about the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination programme. Regularly updated.