April 2021 Newsletter
Keep up to date with local news and Healthwatch Rutland updates for April 2021
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Summary
Welcome to our monthly newsletter. Please forward this on to anyone who may be interested in health and social care in Rutland.
Key updates
- With the successful completion of the first 9 priority groups by mid-April, the UK COVID-19 vaccination programme has now moved into phase 2 which covers priority groups 10 to 12 and is proceeding in the following order: all those aged 40 to 49 years, all those aged 30 to 39 years, all those aged 18 to 29 years
- If you have had the first part of your life-saving COVID-19 vaccination, it’s absolutely vital that you take up the offer of the second part.
- The Department of Health and Social Care is consulting on making COVID vaccination a condition of work for people who are deployed in older adult care homes.