COVID-19 (Vaccine)

On this page, you can find documents to Care England members only and they are not for circulation to non-members and any external companies. For publicly available documents regarding vaccine and vaccination please go to our public, Vaccine page

One of our members, Wellburn Care Homes, has shared their COVID-19 vaccine flyer to help demonstrate good practice when discussing vaccine hesitancy with employees.
*Please note this is not for sharing outside of Care England’s membership. 

Resource document on staff vaccine refusal/hesitancy – Updated 29th January
This document aims to give members a list of sources that they can share with their employees who are hesitant to take the vaccine. It also provides links to articles about legal advice around mandatory vaccination and letting staff go due to refusal.

Care England Covid-19 vaccination questions sent to DHSC – download document 25.01.2021

SOCIAL CARE COVID-19 VACCINE Q&A – document updated 15/01/2021
This Q&A focuses specifically on questions which are most relevant to social care workers and residents/clients. It will be subject to change as and when new information becomes available about the vaccines.

COVID-19 Vaccination webinar for JCVI Cohort 2 – Frontline Social Care Workers – 12th January
Care England attended the ‘COVID-19 Vaccination webinar for JCVI Cohort 2 – Frontline Social Care Workers,’ webinar on 12th January. The webinar was produced to help prepare providers in the second cohort, homecare etc., for the vaccine rollout. The session aimed to create an understanding of SOP, standing operating procedure, for vaccines and the rollout. Click here to read summary. 

Preparing for Vaccination in Care Homes for older adults – webinar 7th January 2021
Care England attended the ‘Preparing for Vaccination in Care Homes for older adults,’ webinar on 7th January. The webinar was produced to help prepare providers and other stakeholders for the vaccine rollout. Click here to read summary. 

Covid-19 Vaccination Update 04.12.2020
Please find a summary of a meeting held 04.12.2020 with DHSC concerning the roll out of the CV19 vaccine to care home staff and residents. We should say at the outset however that this is our summary and we await an official letter from DHSC for the sector today on next steps and it will be distributed to members when it becomes available.