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<p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advises that the first
priorities for any COVID-19 vaccination programme should be to reduce COVID-19 mortality
and protect the health and social care staff and systems. As a result, they have based
their prioritisation largely on age and those with clinical risk factors aged 16 years
old and above.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the JCVI’s recommendations, individuals
who regularly work with clinically extremely vulnerable individuals or those who have
underlying health conditions, should receive the vaccine in line with social care
workers. The local authority Director of Adult Social Services should have ultimate
responsibility for identifying eligible social care workers, underlined by the principle
aim of achieving high rates of vaccination amongst frontline social care workers who
work closely and regularly with those who are clinically vulnerable to COVID-19. In
addition, if a special school staff member is identified as being in one of the other
at-risk cohorts, they will be contacted by the National Health Service at the appropriate
time based on the JCVI’s advice.</p>
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