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Vaccination of health children and young people aged 12-15
This letter sets out the actions that need to be taken to ensure the timely operationalisation of this work.
Removal of Children and Young People from the Shielded Patient List (SPL)
Clinicians are no longer required to flag CYP as high risk on their medical record.
Updated JCVI guidance for vaccinating immunosuppressed individuals with a third primary dose
This letter sets out the actions we are asking systems to take from today to begin vaccinating this group with a third dose as part of their primary vaccination course by 13 September 2021.
Removal of patients from the Shielded Patient List (SPL)
Importance of consistent recording
Unwell child resources
We have been seeing an increase in children coming to hospital and parents asking for advice on how to care for their unwell children. With this in mind we have created a "When your child is unwell" page on the NEL Health & Care partnership website.
B&D child weight management services get funding boost (Article from BD Post & Havering Daily)
It will enable new initiatives which aim to help children achieve a healthy weight and boost their wellbeing, with funding used to deliver evidence-based programmes for children and families from pre-birth to age 12.
Vaccinating children and young people: frequently asked questions
FAQs to help you in vaccinating 12-17 year olds
COVID-19 vaccination programme: actions for all practices to support vaccinating eligible 12-15 year olds
This letter provides detail on the actions we need all practices to take to help identify eligible 12-15 year olds (cohort 13) to ensure they are offered a COVID-19 vaccination appointment
Publications to support COVID-19 vaccination of children
All providers offering the COVID-19 vaccination should now place orders for the following two leaflets
Healthy Start Scheme
If you are pregnant or have a child under 4 years old you may be eligible for Healthy Start if your family is receiving certain benefits.
Updated JCVI guidance and enhanced service spec for the vaccination of children and young people
Further to the JCVI’s recent announcements we have updated the COVID-19 enhanced service specification for phases 1 and 2 and the enhanced service specification for phase 3 to include the new eligible patients.
Communications materials: Vaccinating young people aged 16 and 17
These template materials are designed to support primary care communications around the vaccination of young people aged 16 and 17