Contents Introduction Commonly used terms Background and duration Process Collaboration requirements: General Collaboration requirements: PCN groupings Site designation Sub-contracting arrangements Service delivery specification Monitoring and reporting Payment and validation Withdrawal from this ES Variations to and subsequent withdrawal from this ES Annex A: Provisions relating to GP practices that terminate or withdraw from this ES […]

​Contents Local COVID-19 vaccines policy Technical Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Oversight of vaccine processes by senior pharmacists Confirming readiness to receive COVID-19 vaccines The professional expectations Hospital hubs Vaccination centres Annex A: Model NHS COVID-19 Vaccine handling and management policy 2020/21 Appendix 1: Links to relevant National Standards Appendix 2: NHS Trust hospital hub & […]

Contents COVID-19 vaccination deployment strategy and operational readiness Delivery models Vaccine allocations Workforce and training Estates Vaccine Supply Chain & Consumables Monitoring & recording Financial arrangements Annex 1 – NHS Trust Vaccine Hubs Classification: Official Publication approval reference: C0886 To: Chief Executives of all NHS trusts and foundation trusts Copy to CCG Accountable Officers Chief […]

Contents Immediate – urgent: Week one: Implementing the Covid Vaccination Programme Prioritisation confirmation What you need to do and when Next phase Classification: Official Publication approval reference: C0930 To: 50 hospital hubs ONLY Chief Executives of all NHS trusts and foundation trusts of first tranche of Covid vaccine hospital hubs Chief People Officers Chief Nursing […]

This letter sets out the approach to delivering the UK Health Security Agency’s (UKHSA) advice in relation to staff and patient testing.

Contents Purpose Scope Responsibility Definitions Procedure Ordering equipment How it works Exceptions Allocation and ordering vaccine How it works Process Exceptions Ordering consumables and PPE How it works Exceptions Document history References List of appendices Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Official Publication approval reference: C0940 Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) standard operating procedure Ordering inventory for […]

Contents COVID-19 vaccination – for immediate action Authorisation of AstraZeneca vaccine Clinical guidance on timing of second doses Actions now required For immediate action by new hospital hubs, local vaccination services and vaccination centers For all PCN and practice led local vaccination services Vaccinating frontline health and social care workers Expanding vaccination sites and services Official […]

Contents Purpose Scope Responsibility Procedure Cohort identification Actions for care home providers (noting that many of these actions may already be underway) Actions for Hospital Hubs (noting that many of these actions may already be underway Appendix 1 Hospital Hub – Care home workers SOP schematic Classification: Official Publications approval reference: 001559 / C0941 Novel […]

Contents Introduction Collaborating practices Agreed terms: Commencement and status Principles General obligations Activities Staff sharing arrangements Financial arrangements Information and confidentiality Indemnity arrangements Sub-contracting of clinical matters Intellectual property Meetings and decision-making Joining the PCN grouping Leaving the PCN grouping Variation procedure Termination Events outside our control Dispute resolution General Schedule 1 Schedule 2 Schedule […]

Contents 1. Overall readiness 2. Estates readiness 3. Supplies readiness 4. Vaccine supply 5. Workforce and clinical readiness 6. Technology and data readiness 7. Patient engagement Annex A – Summary of key dates and activities Annex B – Copy of PCN Site Readiness Assessment for sites going live next week Annex C – technology equipment […]