Thank you for the work you are doing to deliver the vaccination programme and address vaccine inequalities in your area. We have written to CCGs to describe further national actions to enable and locally deliver community activity and engagement to support COVID-19 vaccination access and uptake, building on the vaccine uptake strategy. This includes details of additional funding to further support and enable locally led community engagement in all areas with health inequalities. We have also written to commissioners to outline further opportunities to reach out to communities with lower uptake levels by operating temporary vaccination clinics in community venues. In particular, a large number of places of worship have expressed an interest in supporting the COVID-19 vaccination programme. We are asking local commissioners to support these venues to partner with existing PCN and pharmacy providers to host roving COVID-19 vaccination clinics. PCN vaccination sites are also reminded that they should be focussing on cohort 6 for vaccination. As per the provisions of the Enhanced Service, the guidance is that only in exceptional circumstances should those in cohorts 7-9 be invited to a PCN site if patients in cohort 6 remain to be vaccinated and can be prioritised.
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NHSE/I message to commissioners on vaccine
26 Feb 2021
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