COVID-19 Vaccination Programme

COVID-19 Vaccine Bulletin	Date published
COVID-19 vaccine bulletin - Issue 1	20th January 2021

This page contains generic documents relating to the new coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination programme.

PHE COVID-19: vaccination programme guidance for health care practitioners

NHSE COVID-19 vaccination programme (includes trust guidance, primary care guidance, equipment and consumables and links to other organisation vaccine information)

Using appropriate legal mechanisms for the administration of COVID-19 vaccines

Publication	Date published
Guidance
COVID-19: the green book, chapter 14a	Updated 31 December 2020
COVID-19: vaccination programme (guidance, training resources, consent forms and letters, leaflets and posters, protocols and PGDs and programme documents)	Updated 15 January 2021
Priority groups for coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination: advice from the JCVI	30 December 2020
NHSE Standard Operating Procedure - Management of COVID-19 vaccination clinical incidents and enquiries Locally adapted Management of COVID -19 vaccination clinical incidents and enquiries	18 December 2020
Vaccinating individuals with COVID-19 or with a history of COVID-19	31 December 2020
Instruction on timing of second dose of COVID-19 vaccinations	11 January 2021
Governance
Indemnity arrangements for the COVID-19 vaccination programme NHS Resolution - Claims management	23 December 2020 18 January 2021
Record keeping
Register to use the Insights Platform from NHS England and NHS Improvement	N/A
YouTube - Outcomes 4 health/Pinnacle	N/A
Security
Professional guidance on the safe and secure handling of medicines	December 2018
Anaphylaxis
Management of anaphylaxis in the vaccination setting	December 2020
Vaccine Incident Guidance - Responding to errors in vaccine storage, handling and administration
Vaccine incident guidance responding to vaccine errors	22 January 2020
NHSE&I Management of COVID-19 vaccination clinical incidents and enquiries Locally adapted Management of COVID-19 vaccination clinical incidents and enquiries	18 December 2020
National contact list	N/A
Cold Chain Storage
Policy for maintaining the vaccine cold chain primary care	18 December 2020
Guides to support best practice for use of fridges and cool boxes in the vaccine cold chain	23 December 2020
Storing COVID-19 vaccines in the fridge: best practice	24 December 2020
Using Nomad Cool boxes for vaccine storage	24 December 2020
Workforce and training
COVID-19 Vaccination programme	Updated 15 January 2021
E-learning for Healthcare Vaccinator training requirements	N/A
COVID-19 Vaccinator competency assessment tool Vaccinator training log	8 December 2020
Future NHS Collaboration Platform (will need to register for account)	N/A
Business Continuity
Business Continuity checklist in relation to safe and secure handling of vaccines (for embedding in to local site plans)	December 2020

Derbyshire Medicines Management
and Clinical Policies

COVID-19 Vaccination Programme

Derby and Derbyshire CCG