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<p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) are the independent
experts who advise the Government on which vaccines the United Kingdom should use
and provide advice on prioritisation at a population level.</p><p> </p><p>The Joint
Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that those with severe
and profound learning disabilities, and those with learning disabilities residing
in residential care, should be offered vaccine in priority group six and that all
individuals with Down’s syndrome should be offered vaccination in priority group four.
On 24 February the JCVI published a clarification of their advice on vaccinating people
with a learning disability.</p><p>The JCVI confirmed their advice that priority should
be given to those with a severe and profound learning disability. To efficiently identify
those who are more severely affected and may not be invited for vaccination due to
coding of learning disability on general practitioner (GP) systems, the JCVI supports
a practical approach of inviting everyone who is on the GP Learning Disability Register
for vaccination in cohort six.</p>
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