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COVID-19 Vaccine Pfizer-BioNTech: change to shelf life when stored in refrigerators at 2-8C

Official Publication approval reference: C1294 To: ICS and STP leads All CCG Accountable Officers All NHS Foundation Trust and Trust Chief Executives All COVID-19 vaccination sites CCG Chief Pharmacists/Heads of Medicines Optimisation Hospital Chief Pharmacists All PCNs and all GP practices All Community Pharmacy All Local Authority Chief Executives Copy to: Chairs of ICS and […]

Impact of granting a Conditional Marketing Authorisation for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty®)

Classification: Official Publication approval reference: C1389 To: CCG Chief Pharmacists/Heads of Medicines Optimisation Hospital Chief Pharmacists Cc: NHS Community Trust Chief Pharmacists Superintendents of Community Pharmacies providing COVID-19 vaccinations Regional Chief Pharmacists Regional Directors of Commissioning Regional Vaccination Operation Centres NHS England and NHS Improvement 26 August 2021 Dear colleague In late December 2020, the […]

COVID-19 response: primary care and community health support care home residents

Contents COVID-19 care home support   Publications approval reference: 001559 To: GP practices and primary care networks CEOs of community health providers Regional directors of primary care CCG accountable officers 1 May 2020 Dear Colleagues, Thank you for all your continued extraordinary efforts to transform your services and ways of working to support the effective […]

Pulse oximetry to detect early deterioration of patients with COVID-19 in primary and community care settings – 12 January 2021

Contents Introduction Identifying patients who can be managed in a primary care setting Assessment and monitoring of patients who meet the criteria for management in a primary care setting Maintaining safe equipment C0445 Pulse oximetry to detect early deterioration of patients with COVID-19 in primary and community care settings 12 January 2021, Version 1.1 Introduction This […]

COVID-19 vaccination for secondary school age children: governance of storage, distribution and preparation arrangements for COVID-19 vaccines by School Aged Immunisation Service teams

Contents Oversight of vaccine processes by senior pharmacists Confirming readiness to receive COVID-19 vaccines Legal basis for supply and administration of the vaccines Local COVID-19 vaccines policy Technical Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) Annex A: COVID-19 Vaccination – School vaccination site:  Pharmacy Go-Live Checklist ANNEX B: Model NHS COVID-19 Vaccine handling and management policy 2021-22 Appendix […]

Urgent preparing for general practice to contribute to a potential COVID-19 vaccination programme: Annex A: Indicative Enhanced Service Specification: COVID-19 Vaccination Programme 2020/21 Reference Guide

Reference Guide 9 November 2020 Several potential vaccines for COVID-19 are in the later stages of phase III trials. If one or more are authorised for use, the NHS needs to be ready to start immediate vaccination. The BMA General Practitioners Committee in England has now agreed with NHS England and NHS Improvement the general […]

Immediate action required for Phase 3 booster vaccinations

Content Actions now required   Classification: Official Publication approval reference: C1410 To: All GP practices All PCN-led vaccination sites All community pharmacy-led vaccination sites Vaccination centres All CCG accountable officers All directors of public health All directors of children’s services All NHS trust and foundation trust chief executives All ICS and STP leads All local […]

Arrangements for primary care from 19 July 2021

Contents COVID-19 infection protection and control (IPC) guidance Contractual arrangements Standard operating procedures   Classification: Official Publication approval reference: B0783 To: All dental, GP, optometry and pharmacy contractors CCG and ICS: accountable officers regional directors of finance directors of primary care commissioning Regional directors of primary care and public health Regional heads of primary care […]

Coronavirus documents

If you would like to search for documents related to Covid-19, please use the site search. The following list is a set of Covid-19 documents which have been converted to accessible HTML format. COVID-19 vaccination programme Guidance Community Pharmacy National Enhanced Service COVID-19 vaccination programme: September 2022 to August 2023 Enhanced Service (ES) Specification COVID-19 […]

Delivering plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care

Published: February 2022 Contents Foreword Executive summary 1. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic A. The waiting list for elective care B. The impact on patients C. The impact on NHS staff D. The impact on urgent and emergency services E. Learning from what has worked well so far 2. Increasing capacity A. Growing and […]