COVID-19 Vaccine

Key information, guidance and resources for Care Providers on the COVID-19 vaccine.

Key Information

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How to register for the vaccine now

As a social care worker, you are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.  If you haven’t booked your first dose yet, you can go online now to book your vaccination appointment at nhs.uk/covid-vaccination or call 119.

If you have any issues, you can contact asc.providercomms@sutton.gov.uk for help.

It’s vitally important you get your vaccine to keep yourself safe from the virus, to keep your families and colleagues safe, and to ensure those we care for are also protected.

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How to talk to people who are nervous about the COVID-19 vaccine

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Social care workers COVID-19 vaccine FAQs

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Guidance and information

Please see below a list of key guidance around the COVID-19 vaccine:

For all care providers:

Announcement on Guidance

PHE publishes COVID-19 vaccine guidance for health and social care workers. Please see the new story.

Delivering an NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme Q&A

Vaccinator training recommendations

Please see the guidance on vaccination training to support healthcare workers involved in delivering the programme.

How are COVID-19 vaccines being developed so quickly?

Vaccine information in community languages

NHS doctors, nurses and other frontline staff have come forward to help reassure communities that COVID-19 vaccines are safe, effective and have been independently tested to the highest standards.

NHS staff have recorded messages in some of the most commonly spoken languages – apart from English – in the capital to help ensure messages about the importance of getting a COVID-19 vaccine reach all Londoners.

Please visit the NHS COVID-19 vaccine communication materials page for videos and leaflets.

Consent to coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination(Information from Alzheimer’s society United Against Dementia)

Older people and those with dementia are among the early groups to be offered a coronavirus vaccine. Deciding whether to have the vaccine or not is a choice for those who are offered it but some people with dementia will not be able to decide for themselves. For more information please visit Consent to coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination.

The Mental Capacity Act (2005) (MCA) and deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: additional guidance

Please see DHSC guidance on offering a vaccine to someone who lacks the relevant mental capacity

Covid-19 frequently asked questions about fertility and pregnancy

For Care Homes only:

SWL COVID-19 Vaccine Q&A session for Care Homes with Dr Agnelo Fernandes

Please see the pre-recorded COVID-19 Vaccine webinar in which a Doctor answers questions on the vaccine and a Care Home staff member who survived COVID-19 shares his story.

London care homes COVID-19 vaccine FAQs and information pack

Minister for Social Care’s letter to Care Home Managers and Directors of Adult Social Services

National Mental Capacity Forum Webinar: The MCA and COVID Vaccination in Care Homes

With the imminent roll-out of COVID vaccinations in care homes, the National Mental Capacity Forum has hosted a Rapid Response Webinar to share knowledge and reinforce good practice in consenting patients for the new COVID vaccinations, and to empower clinicians to have meaningful engagement with vaccine recipients. See National Mental Capacity Forum Webinar: The MCA and COVID Vaccination in Care Homes for the recorded webinar.

For relatives of Care Home residents:

Information for relatives of care home residents

On the 4th and 5th January we ran two Q&A sessions for relatives of care home residents to provide the opportunity to ask questions about the COVID-19 vaccine and the roll out in Care Homes. Below is the presentation used and log of questions asked.

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Resources

For a range of resources please visit the Public Health England’s COVID-19 vaccine resources page.

For all Care Providers:

For Care Homes only:

Page last updated on April 22nd, 2021 at 12:25pm