The latest information and guidance relating to the COVID-19 vaccinations.
We are working as fast as we can to update this page with useful information for you. Please follow @LGAwellbeing for the latest updates and keep checking back.
Current information
- JCVI statement on use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine (April 2021)
- Guide to local authority COVID-19 vaccination data sources (March 2021)
- Cumulative vaccinations in your authority (March 2021)
- LGA Briefing to articulate what additional support councils need in fulfilling their role in driving vaccine uptake in disproportionately impacted groups (March 2021)
- NHS weekly COVID-19 vaccinations data (with breakdown of local area)
- Local authority points of contact to support COVID-19 vaccination for frontline social care workers (February 2021)
- Personal assistants eligible for vaccination as part of National Priority Group Two: frontline social care workers (February 2021)
- DHSC COVID-19 vaccines delivery plan (January 2021)
- GOV.UK - COVID-19 vaccination programme (updated January 2021)
- GOV.UK - Current Government advice on priority groups
(December 2020) - Statement from the JCVI on the groups that should be prioritised for vaccination in phase 2 of the programme (February 2021)
- NHSE vaccinations data
- LGA press release on preventing vaccine scams (January 2021)
- NHS England (NHSE) press release with the 50 hospital hubs involved in the first wave of vaccinations (6 December 2020)
- NHSE Enhanced Service Specification for Primary Care Networks and Week One: Implementing the COVID Vaccination Programme (4 December 2020)
- GOV.UK - Letter to the care sector from the Minister for Care regarding distribution plans for COVID-19 vaccine
(4 December 2020) - LGA press release on councils’ possible role in mass vaccinations
(2 December 2020)
Vaccinations for frontline adult social care workers
- Q & A: Supporting personal assistants to take-up vaccination as part of priority group two - frontline care workers
(February 2021) - Local authority points of contact to support COVID-19 vaccination for frontline social care workers
(February 2021)
Guidance for individuals
- GOV.UK - Information about COVID-19 eligibility and vaccine supplies
(7 December 2020) - GOV.UK - COVID-19 vaccination: a guide for social care staff
(7 December 2020) - GOV.UK - COVID-19 vaccination: guide for older adults
(7 December 2020) - GOV.UK - COVID-19 vaccination: what to expect after vaccination
(7 December 2020)
COVID-19 communications toolkit
The Government's COVID-19 communications toolkit includes a suite of creative content assets for councils to use and amplify through their channels:
The toolkit includes:
- Vaccine safety, risks and ingredients - A suite of videos from Prof Jonathan Van-Tam, Deputy Chief Medical Officer
- Would I be prepared to take the vaccine? Be ready to be called. Vaccine prioritisation - Videos from Dr June Raine CBE, MHRA on public safety, Prof Jonathan Van-Tam
- The regulators critical role. The importance of speed and impact - Videos from Prof Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England, and Prof Andrew Pollard, Director, Oxford Vaccine Group
- Vaccine safety and testing - Videos from MHRA, Dr Christian Schneider and Interim Chief Scientific Officer at MHRA
- How the vaccine works, everything you need to know about the Oxford vaccine, clinical trials and the pace of development - Videos from Professor Andrew Pollard, Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group and Maheshi Ramasamy, Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Acute Medicine, and Professor Sarah Gilbert, University of Oxford
- Copy - to support sharing the videos on social posts or websites
- Vaccine facts cards for social with social copy - covering key information on the vaccines.
The toolkit will be updated over the coming weeks.
Other resources
Public Health England’s campaign resource centre hosts vaccine-related resources.