COVID-19 vaccines

COVID-19 vaccines have arrived. Still more are in the pipeline.

This guidance will help to develop your knowledge and expertise, so you can assure members of the public about the safety and effectiveness of approved vaccines, helping them to make an informed choice.

• Vaccine safety
• Role of the pharmacy team - including addressing conspiracy theories and myth busting
• Vaccinating the pharmacy team
• Vaccine Approval process
• Mode of action
• Efficacy
• Duration of protection
• Excipients and ingredients
• Side/adverse effects, anaphylaxis and reporting
• Use in pregnancy and effect on fertility
• Use in children
• COVID-19 vaccination programme - including eligibility and service delivery
• Flu vaccinations and COVID-19 vaccinations
• COVID-19 vaccine dosing interval
• COVID Pass/record of your COVID-19 vaccination status
• Further useful links.

COVID Pass/record of your COVID-19 vaccination status

Pharmacy teams may be asked by members of the public about how to obtain a COVID pass or a record of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination status. Information on this can be found on the following webpages:

• NHS (England)
• NHS Inform (Scotland)
• Welsh Government