The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) which advises UK health departments on immunisation, has made care home residents and staff a priority to receive the virus because:

• Residents in care homes for older adults have been badly affected by COVID-19
• Care home staff are at increased personal risk of catching COVID-19, and of passing it on to vulnerable people
• People with a learning disability are far more likely to die from Covid-19, so it is very important that they have the vaccine. Find out more here

Vaccines give you very effective protection against COVID-19. It is very important that both staff and residents in care homes have the vaccine,  to protect each other, themselves, and their families.

You can find the full details of the JCVI’s priorities for the COVID-19 vaccine here: Priority groups for coronavirus covid-19 vaccination