COVID-19 vaccination programme
Documents relating to the new coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination programme.
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause respiratory infections. These can range from the common cold to more serious diseases.
COVID-19 is caused by a new form of coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2). It was first reported in December 2019.
Pregnant women who are inadvertently immunised should be notified to the Vaccine in Pregnancy surveillance programme.
Guidance
Training resources
Consent forms and letters
- COVID-19 vaccination: consent forms and letters for care home residents
- COVID-19 vaccination: consent form and letter for social care staff
- COVID-19 vaccination: consent form and letter for healthcare workers
- COVID-19 vaccination: consent form and letter for adults
- COVID-19 vaccination: easy-read consent form for adults
Leaflets, posters and resources
- COVID-19 vaccination: easy-read leaflets
- COVID-19 vaccination: women of childbearing age, currently pregnant or breastfeeding
- COVID-19 vaccination: guide for older adults
- COVID-19 vaccination: guide for healthcare workers
- COVID-19 vaccination: a guide for social care staff
- COVID-19 vaccination: what to expect after vaccination
- COVID-19 vaccination: why you are being asked to wait
- COVID-19 vaccination: care home and healthcare settings posters
- COVID-19 vaccination: British Sign Language resources
- COVID-19 vaccination: vaccine product information poster
Surveillance
Protocols and patient group directions (PGDs)
The PGDs to support the COVID-19 vaccination programme are available to download:
PGD for COVID-19 mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 (Pfizer/BioNTech)
PGD for COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca, (ChAdOx1-S [recombinant])
Programme documents
- Priority groups for phase 2 of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination programme: advice from the JCVI
- Prioritising the first COVID-19 vaccine dose: JCVI statement
- Priority groups for coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination: advice from the JCVI, 30 December 2020
- Letter from the Health and Social Care Secretary on COVID-19 vaccination in people with learning disabilities
- COVID-19 vaccinations and community-based social care workers
- UK COVID-19 vaccines delivery plan
- Letter to the profession from the UK Chief Medical Officers on the UK COVID-19 vaccination programmes
- COVID-19 vaccinations and care homes: programme launch
Last updated
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Added 'Priority groups for phase 2 of the COVID-19 vaccination programme: advice from the JCVI'.
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Added updated COVID-19 vaccination training slide set link, 'PHE monitoring of the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination' and 'Letter from the Health and Social Care Secretary on COVID-19 vaccination in people with learning disabilities'.
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Added easy-read consent form for adults and vaccine product information poster.
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COVID-19 vaccination training slide set updated.
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Added British Sign Language resources.
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Added 'Prioritising the first COVID-19 vaccine dose: JCVI statement', 'COVID-19 vaccinations and community-based social care workers', 'UK COVID-19 vaccines delivery plan' and 'Letter to the profession from the UK Chief Medical Officers on the UK COVID-19 vaccination programmes'.
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Added the use of human and animal products in vaccines guide.
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Added 'COVID-19 vaccine monitoring reports' to the surveillance section.
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Added 'COVID-19: enhanced surveillance of cases in vaccinated individuals'.
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Added COVID-19: vaccine surveillance strategy and updated COVID-19 vaccination training slide set.
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Added National protocol for COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca (ChAdOx1-S [recombinant]).
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Added easy-read resources.
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Added link to the COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca (ChAdOx1-S [recombinant]) PGD.
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Added: Revised COVID-19 vaccination training slide set and Priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination: advice from the JCVI, 30 December 2020.
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Added national protocol for COVID-19 mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 (Pfizer/BioNTech).
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Training slide set updated.
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Training slide set updated.
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Added link to COVID-19 mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 (Pfizer/BioNTech) PGD.
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Added information leaflets, consent forms and link to updated COVID-19 vaccination training slide set.
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Added 'COVID-19 vaccination: women of childbearing age, pregnant, planning a pregnancy or breastfeeding'.
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Added 'Priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination: advice from the JCVI, 2 December 2020'.
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First published.
Update history
2024-08-02 10:14
Added ‘COVID-19 autumn 2024 vaccination programme: JCVI advice, 8 April 2024’ to the ‘Programme documents’ section.
2024-05-17 10:08
Removed link to COVID-19 vaccination training slide set.
2024-04-02 13:56
Add latest protocols.
2024-02-09 12:46
Added ‘COVID-19 spring 2024 and future vaccination programmes: JCVI advice, 4 December 2023’.
2024-02-01 09:00
Removed links to PGDs and protocols
2023-09-08 17:26
Removed link to vaccination in pregnancy surveillance programme.
2023-09-08 12:41
Added ‘National protocol for COVID-19 vaccine (adults)’ and link to the PGD.
2023-09-07 10:39
Added ‘COVID-19 autumn 2023 vaccination programme: JCVI update, 7 July 2023’.
2023-08-08 15:00
Added ‘COVID-19 autumn 2023 vaccination programme: JCVI advice, 26 May 2023’.
2023-07-10 11:05
Updated ‘COVID-19 vaccination training slide set’ and added note about Patient Group Directions and national protocols for COVID-19 vaccination.
2023-06-21 15:49
Added ‘COVID-19 vaccination: at-risk children aged 6 months to 11 years’.
2023-04-14 13:57
Updated Protocols and PGDs section.
2023-04-13 11:06
Added ‘COVID-19 vaccination of children aged 6 months to 4 years: JCVI advice, 9 December 2022’.
2023-04-03 14:12
Added the national protocol and PGD link for COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (5 to 17 years of age).
2023-03-29 16:06
Added ‘VidPrevtyn Beta COVID-19 vaccine: instructions for use’.
2023-03-28 13:57
Added ‘National protocol for COVID-19 vaccine (adults)’ and a link to PGD for COVID-19 vaccine (adults).
2023-03-07 12:02
Added ‘Spring 2023 COVID-19 vaccination programme: JCVI advice, 22 February 2023’.
2023-01-26 16:04
Added ‘COVID-19 vaccination programme for 2023: JCVI interim advice, 8 November 2022’.
2022-09-22 16:22
Updated COVID-19 vaccination training slide set.
2022-09-22 14:49
Updated vaccines communications toolkit for universities and other higher education settings and added link to the PGD for the Comirnaty® Original/Omicron BA.1 (15/15 micrograms)/dose COVID-19 mRNA vaccine.
2022-09-21 15:58
Added ‘National protocol for Comirnaty® Original/Omicron BA.1 (15/15 micrograms)/dose COVID-19 mRNA vaccine’.
2022-09-07 09:13
Updated COVID-19 vaccination training slide set.
2022-09-05 16:28
Added ‘COVID-19 vaccines for autumn 2022: JCVI advice, 3 September 2022’.
2022-08-24 19:37
Added link to the PGD for Spikevax® Original/Omicron COVID-19 vaccine.
2022-08-24 17:37
Added ‘National protocol for Spikevax® bivalent Original/Omicron COVID-19 vaccine’.
2022-08-18 13:00
Added ‘COVID-19 vaccination: autumn booster resources’.
2022-07-21 09:30
Added ‘JCVI updated statement on the COVID-19 vaccination programme for autumn 2022’.
2022-05-20 12:59
Added ‘JCVI interim statement on COVID-19 autumn 2022 vaccination programme’.
2022-05-11 10:25
Added link to the Vaxzevria COVID-19 Vaccine (ChAdOx1-S [recombinant]) PGD.
2022-05-10 15:54
Added ‘National protocol for Vaxzevria COVID-19 Vaccine (ChAdOx1-S [recombinant])’.
2022-03-17 09:34
Added link to updated COVID-19 vaccination training slide set.
2022-03-03 12:04
Added COVID-19 vaccination: spring booster resources and JCVI statement on COVID-19 vaccinations in 2022.
2022-02-17 11:09
Added JCVI update on advice for COVID-19 vaccination of children aged 5 to 11.
2022-02-11 16:12
Added link to updated COVID-19 vaccination training slide set.
2022-01-24 14:34
Added link to the PGD for COVID-19 Comirnaty® 10micrograms/dose mRNA vaccine.
2022-01-24 11:44
Added National protocol for Comirnaty® 10 microgram/dose COVID-19 mRNA vaccine.
2022-01-21 15:25
Added link to the updated MMR, MenACWY and COVID-19 vaccines communications toolkit for universities.
2022-01-18 09:23
2022-01-10 09:31
Added JCVI statement on the adult COVID-19 booster vaccination programme and the Omicron variant.
2021-12-22 17:21
Added JCVI update on advice for COVID-19 vaccination of children and young people.
2021-12-14 17:22
Added ‘Suspension of the 15-minute wait for vaccination with mRNA vaccine for COVID-19: UK CMOs opinion’ and ‘COVID-19 vaccination observation period’.
2021-12-08 08:20
Added UK vaccine response to the Omicron variant: JCVI advice and link to updated COVID-19 vaccination training slide set.
2021-11-25 13:06
Added COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy surveillance.
2021-11-15 10:26
Updated ‘Programme documents’ section.
2021-11-15 09:41
Added monitoring reports of the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination.
2021-10-13 12:37
Added COVID-19 vaccinations received overseas.
2021-10-11 10:41
Added 'COVID-19 vaccination: checklist for parents of children aged 12 to 15 years'.
2021-10-06 10:51
Added links to social media resources aimed at pregnant women.
2021-09-30 14:02
Added COVID-19 vaccine weekly surveillance reports.
2021-09-22 18:00
Added COVID-19: provision of immunisation sessions for outbreaks in schools.
2021-09-21 10:19
Added COVID-19 vaccination: consent form for children and young people or parents.
2021-09-17 16:08
Updated COVID-19 vaccination training slide set.
2021-09-16 09:35
Added COVID-19 vaccination: booster dose resources.
2021-09-15 10:49
Added COVID-19 vaccination: resources for schools.
2021-09-13 18:22
Added COVID-19 vaccination: easy-read resources for children and young people.
2021-05-19 15:21
Added link to the COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna PGD.
2021-03-23 11:58
Added 'COVID-19 vaccination: booking an appointment letter' and 'Letter from the Health and Social Care Secretary on COVID-19 vaccination phase 1 advice'.
2021-03-08 18:09
Added 'Priority groups for phase 2 of the COVID-19 vaccination programme: advice from the JCVI'.
2021-02-26 14:38
Added updated COVID-19 vaccination training slide set link, 'PHE monitoring of the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination' and 'Letter from the Health and Social Care Secretary on COVID-19 vaccination in people with learning disabilities'.
2021-02-20 16:09
Added easy-read consent form for adults and vaccine product information poster.
2021-02-10 16:05
COVID-19 vaccination training slide set updated.
2021-02-09 11:40
Added British Sign Language resources.
2021-01-27 17:17
Added 'Prioritising the first COVID-19 vaccine dose: JCVI statement', 'COVID-19 vaccinations and community-based social care workers', 'UK COVID-19 vaccines delivery plan' and 'Letter to the profession from the UK Chief Medical Officers on the UK COVID-19 vaccination programmes'.