COVID-19 vaccination update – Autumn/Winter 2023 campaign
Please note that Autumn/Winter 2023 campaign to all eligible cohorts for a COVID-19 vaccination
ended on 31 January 2024. Anyone who wishes to receive a COVID-19 vaccination now will need to wait for the start of Spring 2024 campaign.
COVID-19 vaccination of severely immunosuppressed individuals at CP House in Ealing will continue after 31 January 2024. Only severely immunosuppressed individuals aged 6 months and over may be considered for catch-up or in some cases additional vaccination before the next seasonal campaign. This will be based on a clinical judgement and aligned to the recommendation in the Green Book.
Please see attached immunosuppressed patient booking pathway and
referral form that a NWL GPs and treating physicians will need to complete and email to
c19.roving@nhs.net. COVID-19 vaccination for the eligible individual will take place at
CP House in Ealing (97-107 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, W5 5TL) and appointments will be managed and scheduled by the roving team upon receiving the referral form.
Legal mechanisms for administrationThe Patient Group Directions (PGDs) and National Protocols to support the Autumn/Winter 2023/24 COVID-19 vaccination campaign are withdrawn from the
NHSE and
UKHSA webpages. New documents will be published for the next seasonal COVID-19 vaccination campaign.
A Patient Specific Direction will be required to support vaccination on a case-by-case basis for severely immunosuppressed individuals, in line with the
Green Book Chapter 14a.Decommissioned / Paused vaccinesThe following vaccines have been decommissioned:
Spikevax Original/Omicron BA.4-5 Comirnaty 10 Concentrate (Original) Comirnaty 3 (THREE) Concentrate (Original)Comirnaty Original/Omicron BA.4-5 has been paused and will be kept in this status until further notice, enabling the programme to reactivate it if required.
Complex patients clinics at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital From 1 February 2024,
VidPrevtyn Beta vaccine has been decommissioned, as all stock of this vaccine in the UK will have expired. As such, the complex patient clinics at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital will also stop and not accept any referrals from GPs until further notice.
Options regarding non-mRNA vaccines for future campaigns will be shared once confirmed.
Excess vaccine related consumablesAt present, there are no plans for collection of excess vaccine related consumables by the national or ICB teams. So any sites with excess consumables (for example, combined needles & syringe) are requested to offer them to other NHS or providers in local settings providing NHS commissioned services within the ICB/region OR store them safely for potential use in the future campaign.
COVID-19 vaccination update – Spring 2024 campaignJCVI statementJCVI statement on COVID-19 vaccination in Spring 2024 and consideration on future COVID-19 vaccination was published on 7 February 2024.
This can be accessed via link
here.Eligible cohortIn Spring 2024, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advises that a COVID-19 vaccine should be offered to:
· adults aged 75 years and over
· residents in a care home for older adults
· individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed (as defined in tables 3 or 4 in the
COVID-19 chapter of the Green Book)
This should be offered around 6 months after the last vaccine dose, although operational flexibility around the timing of the spring dose in relation to the last vaccine dose is considered appropriate (with a minimum interval of 3 months between doses). More information on operational flexibility will be provided in the
COVID-19 chapter of the Green Book.Service contract extensions ahead of Spring 2024 campaignThe end date of the current COVID-19 vaccination contracts will be extended from 31 March 2024 to 31 August 2024. At present all providers that took part in Autumn/Winter 2023 campaign are invited to confirm that they wish for their service contract to be extended to 31 August 2024 and are able to continue delivering the COVID-19 vaccination service from 31 March 2024 to 31 August 2024.
Current providers need to confirm their intention to NWL ICB (for HH, PCN and VC sites) and to London regional team as well (for CP sites)
by 22 February 2024.NWL Programme team is liaising with AW23 participating sites and regional team to ensure feedback is received before 22 February 2024 deadline.
Item of service feeThe COVID-19 vaccination Item of service fee will continue to be £7.54 per COVID-19 vaccine administered. However, in recognition of the limited opportunities for co-administration during Spring/Summer campaigns and inter-seasonal periods, from 1 April 2024 there will be an additional payment of £2.50 for the administration of each COVID-19 vaccine where the seasonal influenza vaccination is not announced and authorised for vaccination by the provider.
A £10 additional payment will continue to be available for the administration of each COVID-19 vaccine to eligible housebound patients, but there will be
no additional payments for care home visits from April 2024.
We will share full operational guidance once it is published.
Flu vaccination update – Autumn/Winter 2023 campaignThe last day of Flu vaccination for all eligible cohorts for the Autumn/Winter 23 campaign
will be 31 March 2024.We thank you for your continued support.
