COVID-19 booster and vaccine
Vaccinations are our best defence against COVID-19 and flu. By getting vaccinated you will protect yourself and others from serious illness caused by these viruses.
Washing your hands, keeping rooms ventilated and self-isolating if you become ill are also very important steps that we can all take.
COVID and flu vaccines are safe and effective and have been developed and approved through clinical trials across the world. Many millions of people have benefitted from their protection.
For more information about the vaccines and accessing appointments for both the vaccine and booster doses please click here.
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Spring Booster - 2024
In spring 2024, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advises that a COVID-19 vaccine should be offered to:
- adults aged 75 years and over
- residents in a care home for older adults
- individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed (as defined in tables 3 or 4 in the COVID-19 chapter of the Green Book)
This should be offered around 6 months after the last vaccine dose, although operational flexibility around the timing of the spring dose in relation to the last vaccine dose is considered appropriate (with a minimum interval of 3 months between doses). More information on operational flexibility will be provided in the COVID-19 chapter of the Green Book.
Click here for more information
Click here for the official comms from Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB
Consent
Consent will be required from individuals prior to being given the vaccine.
» Care Home residents: forms and letters – (For those able to consent, Attorney of a Care Home Resident and for relatives view on consent)
» Social Care Staff: form and letter for all staff
» Adults who are able to consent form and letter
» Hertfordshire County Council’s Mental Capacity Act guidance
Please note that the COVID-19 Vaccination Relative view form for Care Home residents gives relatives the opportunity to record their views on whether a COVID vaccine would be in the best interests of the person concerned. It is not a consent form as without an activated Lasting Power of Attorney (Health and Welfare) in place, families cannot give such consent, but it does allow relatives to express a view that might be helpful to the clinician who will make the best interests decision.
Mental capacity is time specific, and the vaccine story is changing so rapidly now that the information that needs to be understood may change. Care Homes can begin to prepare people to make this decision as soon as possible, by encouraging conversations and helping people to think through what they might decide.
Consent for more than one vaccine may be given and recorded on one page, but it must be clear what vaccines the person has consented to having.
Consent webinar resources
Download the resources and slides from the vaccination webinar ran by HCPA and HCC.
» Click here to download the slides
» Click here to watch the webinar
Useful resources
Resource | Link |
| NHS COVID booster information | Click here |
| NHS COVID vaccination pass information | Click here |
| COVID-19 booster vaccination video for people with learning disabilities | Click here |
| Find your closest COVID-19 vaccination site | Click here |