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Please note that the following information can also be found on GOV.UK (Demonstrating your COVID-19 vaccination status when travelling abroad)
You can access your covid-19 vaccination status through the free NHS App from the 17th May. You can access the app through mobile devices such as a smartphone or by tablet. Proof of your COVID-19 vaccination status will be shown within the NHS App. It is recommended that you register with this App before booking international travel.
If you do not have access to a smartphone and know that the country you are travelling to requires COVID-19 vaccination status, you can call the NHS helpline on 119 (From the 17th May) and ask for a letter to be posted to you. This must be at least 5 days after you’ve completed your course of the vaccine (received both vaccines). It is expected the letter will take up to 5 days to reach the individual.
Do not contact your GP surgery about your COVID-19 vaccination status. GPs cannot provide letters showing your COVID-19 vaccination status.
Click here for more information on the NHS App
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We are aware that there is a lot of misinformation in the media at the moment surrounding COVID-19 vaccinations and potential scams. Unfortunately, there are people out there who try to take advantage of the current situation and may attempt to wrongly obtain personal information or even money from you. But when we do contact you to book your COVID-19 Vaccination, it's important that you feel confident that this invitation has come from the practice. Here are some important things to keep in mind:
We are currently inviting patients to have their vaccination via telephone calls and text messages
This is because our clinics are being arranged at short notice and we don't have the necessary time to send out letters. The text messages we are sending to patients include a link which will ask you to confirm your date of birth and allow you to book your appointment on you phone. If you are concerned about any text messages with links, below is an example of what will be included in the text message from us:
You have been invited to book your COVID-19 vaccinations.
Please note when you click the link below, the only information it will ask for is your date of birth.
If you have had a letter from NHS England and have already booked an appointment at a vaccination centre, please follow the instructions in the link to let us know you'll be having your vaccination elsewhere.
You may also receive an invitation by letter
NHS England are also sending out letters to eligible patients, inviting them to have their vaccination at one of the larger vaccination centres. If you are able to travel to one of these locations, you can contact the number on the letter and book this. If not, you can still wait to be contacted by us.
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Thank you for booking your COVID-19 Vaccination appointments. Please remember the following:
- The Vaccination Clinic is at Wetherby Health Centre, not at Crossley Street.
Wetherby Health Centre is behind Morrisons, on Hallfield Lane (see flyer below). - Please wear a face mask or face covering.
- It will help us if you wear clothing that gives easy access to your upper arm.
- We are trying to limit use of our toilets, so if possible, go before you leave home.
- Do not bring unnecessary bags or belongings into the building.
- Read the Patient Information leaflet prior to your appointment.
- Don’t come if you have COVID symptoms
As it is a new vaccine, we are advised that all patients should be observed for 15 minutes after having it. If someone is coming with you please let them know that your appointment will take around 30 minutes.
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Please DO NOT contact your surgery to seek a vaccine, we will contact you
The Pfizer BioNTech vaccine has now been approved for use and the NHS will be starting to offer this to priority groups as soon as supplies arrive.
When will a vaccine be available?
The first, limited, deliveries of the vaccine started week beginning 7 December and the NHS is offering them to those who need them most based on the guidance from the Joint Committee for Vaccinations and Immunisations.
Who will get a vaccine?
The vaccine will be offered to those at greatest risk from COVID-19 first, people over 80 years old and prioritised frontline health and social care workers. This is based on the guidance from the Joint Committee for Vaccinations and Immunisations which is available here. As more supplies of the vaccine or alternative vaccines become available it will be rolled out in phases to people aged between 80 and 50 and those who are clinically extremely vulnerable. People will be invited for a vaccine when it is their turn so please avoid contacting your local hospital or GP practice.
Where and when can I get a vaccine?
To start with, vaccines will only be available at hospital ‘hubs’ where the Pfizer vaccine can be stored safely. However, arrangements are also being put in place to offer vaccines from a number of different locations as more supplies and different vaccines become available. These include local vaccine services provided by GPs and pharmacists and new dedicated vaccination centres to make sure that everyone who needs a vaccine is able to get one.
We will be contacting more and more people over the coming days and weeks, as well as protecting those of our staff who are at greatest risk. Please don’t contact your NHS to seek a vaccine, we will contact you
Further information and how you can help us
We will share further information with you as it becomes available. In the meantime, there are three things people can do to help:
- Please don’t contact the NHS to seek a vaccine - we will contact you when it’s the right time to you to have yours
- Please act on your invite when it comes, and make sure you attend your appointments when you arrange them;
- Please continue to abide by all the social distancing and hand hygiene guidance, which will still save lives.
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