COVID-19 vaccine communication materials

This page has a range of communication materials about the covid-19 vaccine including:

  • Vaccine information in community languages
  • Printable leaflets on COVID-19 vaccine information in community languages
  • Social prescribing resource pack – handling vaccine hesitancy

 

Vaccine information in community languages

NHS doctors, nurses and other frontline staff have come forward to help reassure communities that COVID-19 vaccines are safe, effective and have been independently tested to the highest standards.

NHS staff have recorded messages in some of the most commonly spoken languages – apart from English – in the capital to help ensure messages about the importance of getting a COVID-19 vaccine reach all Londoners.

They explain how the vaccine is given, and give clear evidence that the vaccines work and are safe. It is hoped that the videos will be shared among friends, families, faith and community groups via WhatsApp, text message and on social media. You can view the script in English and download the videos via the links below.

The languages the videos have been produced in are:

  • Arabic
  • Bengali
  • Gujarati
  • Igbo
  • Nepali
  • Polish
  • Punjabi
  • Romanian
  • Somali
  • Spanish
  • Swahili
  • Tibetan
  • Turkish
  • Urdu
  • Yoruba
  • Cantonese
  • Mandarin
  • Hakka

 

Dr Mohammed Abdul-Latif, Clinical Oncology Registrar at North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, speaking in Arabic. Download here.

 

Tazmina Ahasan, Discharge Coordinator at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, speaking in Bengali. Download here.

 

Sangita Patel, clinical lead for therapies at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, speaking in Gujarati. Download here.

 

Comfort Ekwueme, triage and assessment team leader at Tower Hamlet’s Community Services, East London NHS Foundation Trust, speaking in Igbo. Download here.

 

Sumita Regmi, dementia specialist nurse at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, speaking in Nepali. Download here.

 

Kasia Kurkowiak-Jolley, apprentice nursing associate and Accident Department Assistant at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, speaking in Polish. Download here.

 

Dr Harmandeep Singh, cardiology consultant at Ealing Hospital for London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, speaking in Punjabi. Download here.

 

Stefania Vasilescu, Maternity Assistant at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, speaking in Romanian. Download here.

 

Dr Farah Bede, GP in Tower Hamlets, speaking in Somali. Download here.

 

Lorena González, Specialist Speech and Language Therapist at East London NHS Foundation Trust, speaking in Spanish. Download here.

 

Vivian Motana, Healthcare Assistant at Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Trust, speaking in Swahili. Download here.

 

Penpa Sirso, Senior Staff Nurse at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, speaking in Tibetan. Download here.

 

Dr Muhiddin Ozkor, consultant cardiologist and clinical director at North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, speaking in Turkish. Download here.

 

Dr Fharat Raja, consultant oncologist at North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, speaking in Urdu. Download here.

 

Temitope Akinfolarin, Administrator at East London NHS Foundation Trust, speaking in Yoruba. Download here.

 

Dr Eugenia Lee, GP in East London, speaking in in Cantonese (traditional Chinese subtitles). Download here.

 

Dr Eugenia Lee, GP in East London, speaking in in Cantonese (simplified Chinese subtitles). Download here.

 

 

Miss Chi-Ying Li, Consultant Urological Surgeon at Barts Health NHS Trust, speaking in Mandarin (traditional Chinese subtitles). Download here.

 

Miss Chi-Ying Li, Consultant Urological Surgeon at Barts Health NHS Trust, speaking in Mandarin (simplified Chinese subtitles). Download here.

 

Dr Chee Kin Stephen Cheung, GP in Central London, speaking in Hakka (simplified Chinese subtitles). Download here.

 

Dr Chee Kin Stephen Cheung, GP in Central London, speaking in Hakka (traditional Chinese subtitles). Download here.

 

 

Printable leaflets on COVID-19 vaccine information in community languages

Public Health England has developed leaflets on COVID-19 vaccine information in various community languages. The leaflets include a guide for older adults, what to expect after your COVID-19 vaccination, why you are being asked to wait, information for women of childbearing age, currently pregnant or breastfeeding and a guide for healthcare workers. These can be ordered for free from the Health Publications website.

Social prescribing resource pack – handling vaccine hesitancy 

The purpose of the London social prescribing resource pack is to ensure social prescribers have all the resources and information needed to hand, acting as a ‘go to guide’ to support them when talking with patients who are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination but are showing signs of hesitancy. This pack can also be used by other healthcare professionals when having conversations with patients and supporting them to make decisions about the COVID vaccine too.