Covid-19 Vaccine :: Joined Up Care Derbyshire

The NHS Covid-19 vaccination programme is underway

Derbyshire’s hospitals and GP practices have begun vaccinating priority patients and staff against COVID-19. Priority is based on age and existing health risks.

If you are in a priority group then you are at high risk of getting coronavirus, especially if you have a long-term condition which are listed below.

If you are eligible and get invited for the free vaccination, it’s really important you attend your appointment to protect yourself and your family. But please wait to be contacted by your GP.

As we continue to respond to the pandemic it’s also important that we follow the national guidance on restrictions.

Find out more about when you are likely to receive your vaccination: When will I get my COVID-19 vaccine? (Published: 13 January 2021)

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Eligibility

Eligible groups

You should have the vaccine when it is offered if you are:

living in a care home for older adults
a frontline health care worker
a frontline social care worker
a carer working in a care home for older residents

Then the vaccine will also be offered in age order to:

those aged over 80 years
those aged over 75 years
those aged over 70 years
adults on the NHS shielded patient list
those aged over 65 years
adults under 65 years with long term conditions (see conditions below)

Those aged 50 to 64 will be offered it later.

Clinical conditions list:

a blood cancer (such as leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma)
diabetes
dementia
a heart problem
a chest complaint or breathing difficulties, including bronchitis, emphysema or severe asthma
a kidney disease
a liver disease
lowered immunity due to disease or treatment (such as HIV infection, steroid medication, chemotherapy or radiotherapy)
rheumatoid arthritis, lupus or psoriasis
have had an organ transplant
had a stroke or a transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
a neurological or muscle wasting condition
a severe or profound learning disability
a problem with your spleen, example sickle cell disease, or you have had your spleen removed
are seriously overweight (BMI of 40 and above)
are severely mentally ill

At the same time as the adults under 65 years with long term conditions the vaccine will also be offered to:

adults who provide regular care for an elderly or disabled person
younger adults in long stay nursing and residential settings

Please wait your turn. If you are not in the groups above, you will have to wait for a COVID-19 vaccination until more supplies are available. When more vaccine becomes available we will be offering it to more groups of the population.