Vaccinations
Useful information about vaccinations
Why it's important to get your COVID-19 vaccination
If you are a frontline worker working in social care, you are more likely to be exposed to COVID-19 at work. Health care workers and those working in social care (particularly in care homes) are at much higher risk of repeated exposure to the infection.
Anyone can arrange a COVID-19 vaccination by using the National Booking System directly through the NHS. There are also walk-in vaccination clinics across Hampshire.
It’s important to arrange and attend your second vaccination appointment. The second dose gives maximum protection for you and those you work with.
- Information about the second vaccination dose - Easy Read
- Booster vaccination information - Easy Read
- Information for staff and carers
Information about pregnancy and the vaccination
- Information about the vaccine for pregnant women
- Information about the vaccination for pregnant women in different languages
- Information sheet and decision aid for pregnant women
Getting your flu jab
The flu vaccine is safe and effective. It’s offered every year for free to social care staff to help protect people at risk of getting seriously ill from flu. Read further guidance about the flu vaccine for social care workers and carers. The best time to get the flu vaccine is in the autumn or early winter before flu starts spreading. Read more about the flu vaccine from the NHS.
You may need to prove your eligibility for the flu jab, such as an ID badge, recent payslip or letter from an employer. Use the letter templates, which can be edited, to support staff:
Measles vaccine
Measles is now circulating in England and infections across Europe are likely to rise. Measles is an extremely infectious and unpleasant illness and can be severe, leading to life threatening illness and long term disability. It is preventable through vaccination.
Read the letter for care staff to encourage uptake of the vaccine.
More information about the vaccine is available from the NHS.