COVID-19 vaccine

Resources for people with learning disabilities

COVID-19 vaccination videos

There is a new vaccine that will help protect people from coronavirus. If you’re in one of the groups to get the vaccine, you will get a letter about how to get it.

People with a learning disability are being invited for their COVID Vaccine. Don’t worry if you haven’t been contacted yet—it will take a couple of weeks for GPs to contact everyone.

A guide to your COVID-19 vaccination—Easy Read

A vaccine is a medicine that helps keep you safe from coronavirus. When it is your turn to get the vaccine, you will get a letter.

• Read more about the COVID-19 vaccine in this easy read leaflet

Getting on the GP Learning Disability Register

If you’re not sure if you’re on the learning disability register, you can check with the GP surgery.

• Watch this short video about the GP Learning Disability Register

Annual health checks

Your GP should offer you an Annual Health Check and to book your Flu Vaccine when they book you for your COVID-19vaccine.

• This film tells you more about Annual Health Checks

Reasonable adjustments

When you book your COVID Vaccine you can ask for Reasonable Adjustments to make the appointment easier for you and make you feel more relaxed.

• Watch this video about reasonable adjustments

What to expect after vaccination?

Public Health England have made some Easy Read information about what happens after you have had your vaccine.

• You can ask for it when you book your appointment or you can read it here

Information for pregnant or breastfeeding people

If you could be pregnant or you are breastfeeding, you shouldn’t have the COVID-19 Vaccine unless you are most likely to get very ill from COVID-19 (sometimes called being clinically extremely vulnerable).

• Read this Easy Read information for pregnant and breastfeeding people

Vaccination Consent Form for Adults

Public Health England have made an Easy Read consent form for adults on having the vaccine.

• You can find the vaccination consent form here

Other useful resources

• The COVID Vaccination Toolkit
• Mencap Assessing Capacity in people with learning disabilities
• North East and Cumbria paper on Delivering COVID-19 vaccine to adults with learning disability/autism
• Information sheet—COVID-19 Vaccine Accessibility and reasonable adjustments for individuals with severe learning disabilities whose behaviour challenges
• NHS England/Improvement Video on the COVID 19 Vaccine
• Top tips on communicating with people with a learning disability and autistic people and highlight the range of reasonable adjustments that should be considered to ensure that a vaccination appointment goes well.
• Makaton Signs to Support Communication about Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Contacts of all the London Learning Disability Teams
• What is COVID-19/coronavirus
• What is the COVID-19 vaccine
• Having the COVID-19 vaccine conversation