Please do not contact your GP for a COVID-19 vaccine
The first phase of the NHS Covid-19 vaccination programme has started. When it is the right time you will receive an invitation to come forward. For most people this will be a letter, either from your GP or the national NHS. This letter will include all the information you will need to book appointments, including your NHS number. Please do not contact the NHS to get an appointment until you get this letter. Information on the vaccine is available here: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/coronavirus-vaccine/
Staff at Barts Health NHS Trust have rallied together to encourage everyone to have a Covid-19 vaccine, sharing messages in their mother tongue. The messages are shared in 12 different languages, including: Punjabi, Bengali, Turkish, French and Urdu.
Please watch and share the videos below widely with your networks to keep Tower Hamlets safe
https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/news/staff-share-covid19-vaccine-messages-in-12-languages-10107
Coronavirus vaccine Q&A in five South Asian languages
English: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-55353162
Gujarati: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-55353158
Punjabi: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-55353159
Tamil: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-55353161
Sylheti: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-55353160
Urdu: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-55353163