Published 8th March 2021 by

Details of how carers are able to get their COVID-19 vaccination are now available. Please also see below about how help is available for carers to get to their COVID-19 vaccination appointments.

In line with national guidance, appointments for COVID-19 vaccination are now being offered to eligible carers identified within cohort 6 by the Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The JCVI defines carer eligibility as “Anyone who is the sole or primary carer of an older or disabled person who is clinically vulnerable to COVID-19”.

Those registered as a carer with their GP practice or in receipt of regular carers allowance payments should automatically receive an invite and do not need to do the below.

The NHS, county councils and carer organisations are working together to identify carers who may not be registered or known to their GP practice or local council services.

Those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person but do not receive a carer allowance or related benefits are unlikely to be known to their local authority. And those who have not notified their GP of their caring responsibilities will not be flagged as a carer on their GP record.

Eligible carers of an elderly or disabled person can register themselves as a carer.

Caring Together can help you register for a vaccine online if you do not have access to a computer, call 0345 241 0954.  

For more information, please read the FAQs at www.norfolkandwaveneyccg.nhs.uk/covid-19-vaccination-programme/17-coronavirus/226-covid-vaccination-letter

(Information provided by Norfolk County Council and Norfolk and Waveney CCG)

Free help for carers to get to their vaccination appointments

Caring Together are providing free help to any carer who feels they will have challenges getting to their appointment, including with transport or due to leaving the person they look after, or with making the practical arrangements.

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