April 2021 Newsletter
Keep up to date with local news and Healthwatch Rutland updates for April 2021
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.
