Covid and flu enhanced services
The following documentation has either been published or updated over the previous month.
Flu vaccination programme
- Enhanced Service Specifications: seasonal influenza vaccination programme 2021/22, includes separate childhood service spec, published 2 August.
Covid vaccination programme – phase 3
- Enhanced Service Specification: Phase 3 coronavirus vaccination, phase 3 opt-in form added, 23 July.
Covid vaccination programme – general
- Vaccinating children and young people: frequently asked questions*, published 13 August.
- Covid-19 vaccination programme: actions for all practices to support vaccinating eligible 12–15-year-olds, published 12 August.
- Enhanced Service Specification: Covid-19 vaccination programme 2020/21, updated 11 August.
- Covid-19 vaccination in pregnancy, published 30 July.
- Covid-19 vaccination: a guide for all women of childbearing age, pregnant or breastfeeding, updated 29 July
*Some PCNs may have opted out of this element of phase 3 where they do not have sufficient trained and checked vaccinators available.
Separate to the two vaccination programmes the PCN workforce planning template was also published on 10 August.
Last updated : 18 Aug 2021Hesitancy around Covid vaccination (27 Jan 2021)
A poll carried out by the Royal Society for Public Health in December found that just 57% of respondents from black or ethnic minority backgrounds were likely to accept...Londonwide LMCs' January 2021 Newsletter (27 Jan 2021)
...Helping sessional GPs to match to practices in their area during the Covid-19 vaccination programme (06 Jan 2021)
During these difficult times we appreciate that general practice is under extreme workload pressures trying to meet numerous demands which they may be struggling to do so with existing staff...Londonwide LMCs' December 2020 Newsletter (16 Dec 2020)
...Integrated Care Systems legal structure proposals consultation (16 Dec 2020)
A new NHS England report seeking views on proposals to create a new legal structure for ICS was published recently, setting out plans to place ICS on a statutory footing...December 2020 workforce survey – thank you for responding (15 Dec 2020)
Our latest workforce survey officially closed on Monday 14 December, thank you to those who took the time to provide us with this valuable information, particularly at the moment when everyone working...New Covid-19 vaccination ES guidance (14 Dec 2020)
In the first two weeks of December 2020, we published three new documents to support practices who have signed-up to deliver the Covid-19 Vaccination Programme Enhanced Service (ES). Medicolegal matters...Mword 78: Brace Brace (14 Dec 2020)
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