COVID-19 vaccinations

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• Who can get vaccinated?
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) booster vaccine
  • If you don't have an NHS number
• Which vaccines are available in Haringey?
• Booking an appointment
• Vaccination sites in Haringey
  • Scheduled vaccination clinics (walk-in and pre-bookable)
  • If you are invited by your GP
  • If you book via the NHS booking system
• Further information and guidance
• Latest COVID-19 vaccine news

Who can get vaccinated?

The NHS is currently offering the vaccine to: 

• people aged 16 and over
• children aged 12 to 15 years old. Please note that COVID-19 vaccination will be offered to this group through their schools.  Please do not contact your GP. 
• children aged 12 years and over with specific underlying health conditions that put them at risk of serious COVID-19, or who live with someone with a suppressed immune system
• people at high risk from coronavirus (external link) (clinically vulnerable)
• people who live or work in care homes
• health and social care workers
• people with a condition that puts them at higher risk (clinically vulnerable)
• people with a learning disability
• people who are a main carer for someone at high risk from coronavirus

Coronavirus (COVID-19) booster vaccine

A COVID-19 booster vaccine dose helps improve the protection you have from your first 2 doses of the vaccine. It helps give you longer-term protection against getting seriously ill from COVID-19. Booster vaccine doses are available for people most at risk from COVID-19 who have had a 2nd dose of a vaccine at least 6 months ago.

This includes:

• people aged 50 and over
• people who live and work in care homes
• frontline health and social care workers
• people aged 16 and over with a health condition that puts them at high risk of getting seriously ill from COVID-19
• carers aged 16 and over
• people aged 16 and over who live with someone who is more likely to get infections (such as someone who has HIV, has had a transplant or is having certain treatments for cancer, lupus or rheumatoid arthritis)
• women who are pregnant and in 1 of the eligible groups can also get a booster dose.

The NHS will let you know when it's your turn to have a booster dose. It's important not to contact the NHS for one before then.

Frontline health or social care workers can book a booster dose appointment online (external link). You do not need to wait to be contacted by the NHS.

If you are not a frontline health or social care worker, please wait to be contacted by the NHS before booking your booster dose.

The NHS North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group has a list of frequently asked questions about the vaccine (external link).

If you don't have an NHS number

The COVID-19 vaccine is free to everyone in the UK. This includes all migrants. Your asylum or immigration status does not affect this. The NHS will not share your information with the Home Office, Police or other authorities.

If you do not have an NHS number, see the COVID-19: vaccine information for people without an NHS number - GOV.UK (external link) You will find information and a letter available in many community languages that you may find helpful if you want to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Which vaccines are available in Haringey?

The Pfizer, Oxford/AstraZeneca and Moderna vaccines are currently being used in Haringey.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advises that people under 40 without other health conditions should be offered an alternative to the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. You will be offered the right vaccine for your age group.

For more info see: 

• Use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine: JCVI statement (external link)

For further advice on risk groups, including clear definitions, see GOV.UK:

• Green Book - Immunisation against infectious disease (external link)

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Booking an appointment

The NHS will contact you when it is your turn to be vaccinated. The vaccines are safe and effective and reduce the risk of serious illness and death from COVID-19, so make sure you attend your booked appointment when you are invited by the NHS to have your jab.

• People aged 16 and over
  If you are eligible for the vaccine and have not yet been contacted by the NHS, please book a COVID-19 vaccination appointment.

You can book:

• online - by visiting the NHS vaccination booking webpage (external link) 
• by phone - you can call 119 for free 

See how many people have received a vaccination for COVID-19 in the UK (updated daily):

GOV.UK coronavirus live dashboard(external link)

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Vaccination sites in Haringey

The COVID-19 vaccines are being offered at various pharmacies and health centres across Haringey, but where you get your vaccine will depend on how your appointment was booked.

There must be at least 8 weeks between your first and second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

You can only get a booster vaccine if there has been at least 6 months since your second vaccine dose.

• Scheduled vaccination clinics in Haringey (walk-in and pre-bookable)
• If you are invited by your GP
• If you book via the NHS booking system

Scheduled walk-in vaccination clinics in Haringey

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If you are invited by your GP

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If you book via the NHS booking system

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Further information and guidance

More information about the COVID-19 vaccine is available on the NHS website (external link) and Public Health England website (external link).

Accessibility:

Click here to access translated or easy read information on vaccines on the government website (external link).

For information on the COVID-19 vaccine in different languages, please visit the Doctors of the World website (external link) who have translated guidance into most languages. 

See also:

• Frequently Asked Questions about the COVID-19 vaccine (external link)
• COVID-19 scams and misinformation
• COVID-19 testing in Haringey
• How to protect yourself and others

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