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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.

Further information is available on NHS.UK and on GOV.UK

Blood clotting, myocarditis and pericarditis, and Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)

See the COVID-19 vaccination and rare side effects for information and guidance on these very rare conditions reported after COVID-19 vaccination.

Guidance

Training resources

Consent forms and letters

Leaflets, posters and resources

A MMR, MenACWY and COVID-19 vaccines communications toolkit for universities is available to download.

Social media resources promoting COVID-19 vaccination in migrant communities in London and nationally are available to download.

Social media resources promoting COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women are available to download.

Surveillance

Protocols and patient group directions (PGDs)

Programme documents

Published 27 November 2020
Last updated 1315 OctoberNovember 2021 + show all updates
  1. Added COVID-19 vaccinations received overseas.

  2. Added link to Comirnaty® PGD.

  3. Added link to the COVID-19 vaccination and rare side effects.

  4. Added 'National protocol for Comirnaty® COVID-19 mRNA vaccine'.

  5. Added links to social media resources.

  6. COVID-19 vaccination training slide set updated.

  7. Added 'COVID-19 vaccination: guide for employers'.

  8. Updated COVID-19 vaccination training slide set.

  9. Added 'COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report'.

  10. Added link to updated COVID-19 vaccination training slide set.

  11. Updated COVID-19 vaccination training slide set.

  12. Added the national protocol for COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna.

  13. Added Use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine: JCVI statement and link to COVID-19 vaccination and blood clotting document collection.

  14. Added 'COVID-19 vaccination: booking an appointment letter' and 'Letter from the Health and Social Care Secretary on COVID-19 vaccination phase 1 advice'.

  15. 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'.

  16. Added British Sign Language resources.

  17. Added the use of human and animal products in vaccines guide.

  18. Added 'COVID-19 vaccine monitoring reports' to the surveillance section.

  19. Added 'COVID-19: enhanced surveillance of cases in vaccinated individuals'.

  20. Added easy-read resources.

  21. Added link to the COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca (ChAdOx1-S [recombinant]) PGD.

  22. Training slide set updated.

  23. Added link to COVID-19 mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 (Pfizer/BioNTech) PGD.

  24. Added information leaflets, consent forms and link to updated COVID-19 vaccination training slide set.

  25. Added 'COVID-19 vaccination: women of childbearing age, pregnant, planning a pregnancy or breastfeeding'.

  26. Added 'Priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination: advice from the JCVI, 2 December 2020'.

  27. First published.