Covid-19 Update: Vaccinations for 12-15 year olds
Covid-19 Update: Vaccinations for 12-15-year-olds in Calderdale
Information and Guidance
The Government has accepted the advice of the four chief medical officers to offer vaccinations to 12-15-year-olds. A single dose of the covid vaccine will be offered to all healthy 12-15-year-olds.
The NHS is working with partners and school immunisation services to deliver this in secondary schools and letters will be sent to parents or guardians of children aged 12-15 with further details. They will also be asked to provide consent for their child to receive the vaccination, either through an online or a paper form. Children do not need to be registered with a GP or have an NHS number to be vaccinated.
12-15-year-olds should be offered a first dose only, which will be of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the only vaccine currently authorised in the UK for those aged 12-15.
The recommendation for those aged 12-15 at greater risk of serious COVID-19, or who are household contacts of severely immunosuppressed individuals, remains that they be offered two. These children will have already been contacted by their GP and will not be included in the school programme.
Those that have a specific immunosuppressive condition as set out in JCVI guidance should have three doses in their primary schedule. These will be arranged by their consultant or GP.
If you have any questions about the vaccination for 12-15-year-olds please contact the CCG their details can be found at the bottom of this page https://www.calderdaleccg.nhs.uk/2021/09/17/vaccinations-for-12-15-year-olds/
For further information please see the information leaflets below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccination-resources-for-schools
Easy read versions:
Contact the CCG directly:
NHS Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG):
2nd Floor, Westgate House, Westgate Halifax HX1 1PS
Tel: 01422 307400
Email: calccg.contact@nhs.net