This resource is designed to be the foundation for your learning and will give you an overview of Coronavirus and COVID-19, vaccination programme, legal aspects of vaccination and reporting adverse events.

All updates and additions to the learning resources can be found here. To help keep up to date please check this on a regular basis.

This is the new combined proficiency document for registered healthcare practitioners to support formal evaluation of competency in the administration of seasonal flu and COVID-19 vaccinations.

This resource aims to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills required to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to a specified group of children and young people as advised by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI)

This resource aims to highlight some key recommendations and considerations relating to the offer of COVID-19 vaccination to children and young people as advised by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).

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Please watch this brief video clip that supports the pregnancy, breastfeeding and women's health learning resource. Please note that the number of pregnant women quoted in the clip has now changed since the time of recording. This resource is...

This resource aims to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge to discuss the risks and benefits of COVID-19 vaccines for women of childbearing age. There is also an accompanying introduction video.

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This learning resource is aimed at staff working in vaccination settings e.g. vaccinators and volunteers and looks at your role in to promoting safety and security. It will provide you with a practical example to work through and enable you to...

A number of people arriving for their vaccine may feel anxious being back in public spaces or anxious about receiving their vaccine. In such circumstances, people may behave differently and in a small number of cases may challenge, if asked, to do...

This resource aims to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge to recognise, manage and support individuals who are experiencing Procedural Anxiety during vaccination procedures. This resource may also be helpful for staff who are...

This resource aims to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge to manage and support children and young people with procedural distress during vaccination procedures.

This learning is designed to provide vaccinators with the knowledge they need to safely and effectively deliver this vaccine. The resource covers key information including how the vaccine works, how it should be stored, prepared and administered...

Version logs for Pfizer BioNTech (Comirnaty®) vaccine specific learning resources with list of updates and changes made.

This resource is aimed at NHS Pharmacy Departments and Vaccine Holding Centres that have been agreed as suitable locations for the storage of vaccines at ultra low temperatures. The aim of this resource is to introduce pharmacy staff to the...

Version logs for management of the COVID-19 Pfizer BioNTech (Comirnaty®) vaccine at very low temperatures pharmacy resource with list of updates and changes made.

This short video is designed to support vaccinators with the preparation of the Pfizer BioNTech (Comirnaty®) COVID-19 vaccine. Please note: following a report of black particles being seen in some vaccine MHRA have provided guidance 14.07.21 with...

This learning resource is designed to provide vaccinators with the knowledge they need to safely and effectively deliver this vaccine. The resource covers key information including how the vaccine works, how it should be stored, prepared and...

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This learning is designed to provide vaccinators with the knowledge they need to safely and effectively deliver this vaccine. The resource covers key information including how the vaccine works, how it should be stored, prepared and administered...

Version logs for learning resources with updates and changes made.

This resource aims to equip healthcare practitioners with guidance in relation to the third primary dose vaccination as advised by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). Please note:  These educational resources continue to...

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This resource aims to equip practitioners with the knowledge to support the safe and effective offer of a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

All updates and additions to the learning resources can be found here. To help keep up to date please check this on a regular basis.

Information on the presentation, doses and storage of COVID-19 Vaccines.

Version logs for the vaccine product information poster with list of updates and changes made.

Scottish Government and NHS National Services Scotland developed pre clinic check resource (supported by NHS Education for Scotland and Public Health Scotland) for vaccinators in relation to the handling of multiple vaccines on a single site.

Version logs for the vaccine product information poster with list of updates and changes made.

This webinar is an update for health professionals in relation to the COVID-19 vaccination programme, focussing on current guidance and recommendations relating to pregnancy, breastfeeding and women’s health. Please note we use the term pregnant...

This webinar recording provides an update on current guidance including: key recommendations for 12-17 year olds, third primary dose for those aged 12 years and over, booster programme, informed consent, vaccine effectiveness and safety

Information to support informed consent by Nuala Healy Public Health Scotland.

National Framework for Vaccine Administration by Health Care Support Workers in Scotland – update by Mhairi Hasting Professional Advisor Chief Nursing Officers Directorate.

This webinar recording provides an update to practitioners on the current guidance and support for managing people with allergies in relation to COVID-19 vaccination was held on the 23rd of March 2021. The recording can be viewed here. Please note...

This webinar recording on ‘Vaccine-associated Thrombosis and Thrombocytopaenic Syndrome (VATTS) associated with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine’ was part of the webinar originally delivered on the 21st April 2021 as an update for all healthcare...