Flu/COVID Booster Vaccination for Health & Social Care staff

05 October 2021 at 10:41:41

Please see below regarding this week's clinics for eligible staff.

Those eligible for the flu vaccine are social care workers of all ages employed by local authorities, private providers and third sector organisations who regularly deliver direct care and support. This includes, but is not limited to:

• people working in hospitals
• people working in residential care for adults
• people working in children's residential or secure care
• those working in the community, providing care at home (including housing support and personal assistants)

Those eligible for the COVID booster are:

• Healthcare staff and social care workers providing direct care and treatment - those who have face-to-face contact and provide physical care or treatment
• Non-clinical healthcare staff - those who come into contact with the personal belongings, physical tissue or body fluids of patients, residents or clients. This includes domestic staff, porters, catering, laundry and receptionists or ward clerks.
• Healthcare laboratory and pathology staff - those who frequently handle SARS-CoV-2 or potentially infected items, for example laboratory staff and those that handle items coming to the lab such as porters and lab receptionists.

Social care staff in long-stay care facilities - those who work in long-stay (over 8 weeks) residential and nursing care homes, for example domestic staff, porters, catering, laundry and receptionists