Coronavirus: Vaccination

(asked on 9th February 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to remove barriers to people with a learning disability accessing the covid-19 vaccination.


Answered by
Nadhim Zahawi Portrait
Nadhim Zahawi
This question was answered on 19th April 2021

NHS England and NHS Improvement have published easy-read documentation that can be accessed by people with learning disabilities and their carers to help people with learning disabilities get familiarised with the vaccine process. NHS England and NHS Improvement’s learning disability and autism programme has also worked collaboratively across the National Health Service and other partners to support the delivery of reasonable adjustments in the vaccination programme.

Clinicians have been encouraged to use a range of resources to help improve the accessibility of vaccination appointments, including a COVID-19 vaccine film, an easy read vaccination leaflet and easy read adult consent form. NHS England has also created training materials for COVID-19 vaccinators and volunteers which provide tips for communicating with people with a learning disability or autism and outline reasonable adjustments.

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