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Get a COVID-19 vaccination and booster in Northern Ireland
First, second and booster COVID-19 vaccine doses are available at Health and Social Care (HSC) Trust vaccination hubs and participating community pharmacies across Northern Ireland. For some, mostly those aged 75 and over, a spring booster will be available through your GP or community pharmacy in April and May
Chief Medical Officer Sir Michael McBride has issued a "Get Boosted Now" appeal to the Northern Ireland's public.
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Experts have advised that parents of all children aged 5 to 11 years should be offered the chance to have their child vaccinated. Vaccination is particularly important for children who have health conditions that put them at high risk from COVID-19, as the benefits are greater
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At-risk children and young people receiving the COVID-19 vaccine
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This poster gives advice to care homes on the actions they should take in the case of an outbreak of COVID-19 or influenza
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This factsheet contains the latest information on the COVID-19 vaccine for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding. Please read this before your vaccination.
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This leaflet explains about a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine being offered to people with a severely weakened immune system to boost their protection against the COVID-19 virus.
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This factsheet provides guidance on vaccine handling and storage in GP practices. The guidance applies to all staff involved in the planning or delivery of immunisation programmes in primary care settings. It outlines the minimum standards that are required to ensure that vaccines are stored and managed properly so that immunisations are carried out safely and efficiently, minimising the risk of compromising the effectiveness of vaccines given to patients and thus reducing risk to patients and wastage of expensive medicines.
Choosing to get the COVID-19 vaccine will help protect staff, their families and residents in care homes.
When making a decision about getting the vaccine it’s important to know the facts. This poster outlines frequently asked questions and the facts about the COVID-19 vaccine.
The poster is available to print off in-house if required in care homes
Membership of the Regional Workforce Wellbeing Network
The Regional Workforce Wellbeing Network is led by Dr Sarah Meekin, Head of Psychological Services in BHSCT and the majority of the 17 Health and Social Care organisations in Northern Ireland are represented in this network. At the start of the COVID-19 response this network was tasked with supporting managers and staff with the development and delivery of psychological support services for staff working across Health and Social Care (HSC) in Northern Ireland.
- Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
- Business Services Organisation (BSO)
- Department of Health
- GP Federations in Primary Care
- Health & Social Care Quality Improvement Network
- HSC Healthier Workplaces Network
- HSC Leadership Centre
- HSCNI
- Independent Care Providers
- Northern Health & Social Care Trust
- Northern Ireland Ambulance Service
- Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service
- Pharmacy Forum NI
- Public Health Agency
- Royal College of Nursing
- South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust
- Southern Health & Social Care Trust
- Western Health & Social Care Trust