Covid-19 resources

These resources are to help ensure people with autism and/or a learning disability can access their COVID-19 vaccination appointments easily and safely.

• Covid Vaccine film produced by Skills for People and Learning Disability England

• Short video Q&A with Dr Roger Banks, National Clinical Director for Learning Disabilities & Autism, by NHS England and NHS Improvement

• Easy read Covid vaccination leaflet from Public Health England

• Easy read What to expect after the vaccine leaflet from Public Health England

• Easy read adult consent form from Public Health England

• Also available from NHS England: tips and additional training materials for COVID 19 vaccinators and volunteers.

These are produced by gov.uk and can be found at GOV.UK: Covid-19 vaccine information in your language.  

• COVID Leaflets for Hindi and Nepali Speaking Communities from Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network

NHS doctors, nurses and other frontline staff have come forward to help reassure communities that COVID-19 vaccines are safe, effective and have been independently tested to the highest standards, and to address misinformation on subjects including fertility.

NHS England has produced short videos in community languages including:

• Arabic
• Bengali
• Gujarati
• Nepali
• Punjabi
• Urdu

More videos in additional languages are available via NHS England. Other language videos are in development.

BBC Asian Network has produced information on COVID scams in five community languages:

• Gujarati with Kamlesh Purohit from BBC Radio Leicester 
• Punjabi with Raj Kaur Bilkhu from BBC Asian Network
• Sylheti with Poppy Begum from BBC Asian Network
• Tamil with Jeyapragash Nallusamy from BBC World Service
• Urdu with Haroon Rashid from BBC Asian Network

Public Health England has produced these videos in BSL:

• BSL video guide on COVID-19 vaccination and blood clotting
• BSL video guide on COVID-19 vaccination for eligible adults
• BSL video guide on COVID-19 for women of childbearing age, pregnant or breastfeeding
• BSL video guide on what to expect after the COVID-19 vaccination

Leaflets on which these videos are based on are also available to download and paper copies are also available to order.

The BBC Asian Network is helping the South Asian community to understand what the science says in five languages: Gujarati, Punjabi, Sylheti, Tamil and Urdu. View on the BBC website.

• COVID-19 vaccination and blood clotting information
• Blood clotting information for healthcare professionals
• COVID-19 vaccination and blood clotting - British Sign Language

NHS England and NHS Improvement has launched a series of animations aimed at tackling disinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine. Aimed specifically at encouraging uptake in ethnic minority groups, the animations are available in 17 different languages and are suitable for use on a wide range of social media platforms. They cover key topics including vaccine safety, how it was tested, how it was developed so quickly, what is in it, and what the side effects are. Original files can be downloaded from the campaign resource centre in the form of short clips and also a longer video, and the English versions are also available on YouTube.

• Covid-19: migrant health guide

 

• GOV.UK: Easy read information on the COVID-19 vaccine - online version
• GOV.UK: Easy read information on the COVID-19 vaccine - print version
• GOV.UK: Easy read information about using a pulse oximeter to check you are ok

• GOV.UK: Why do I have to wait for a COVID-19 vaccination
• GOV.UK: COVID-19 vaccination – guide for older adults
• GOV.UK: COVID-19 vaccination – guide for healthcare workers
• GOV.UK: COVID-19 vaccination – guide for social care staff
• GOV.UK: A guide to the COVID-19 vaccination – for women of childbearing age, those currently pregnant, planning a pregnancy or breastfeeding
• GOV.UK: What to expect after your COVID-19 vaccination leaflet

 

• GOV.UK: Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 approved by MHRA
• GOV.UK: Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 approved by MHRA
• GOV.UK: Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 approved by MHRA

• Equally Well UK: A guide for people with severe mental illness and their carers on what to expect from the Covid-19 vaccination programme.
• Mind has an array of supportive materials via their website.

Working in partnership with Surrey County Council, Surrey Heartlands CCG have produced the following short films, aimed at reaching people and groups from Eastern European Communities to encourage Covid-19 vaccine uptake. The three people featured explain why they have had their Covid-19 vaccine.

Please help us to share these short films with your relevant contacts, channels and groups.

• Agnieszka Paszkiewicz, originally from Poland, now lives in Camberley - https://youtu.be/NBZQ8f91Bak (Polish)
• Dorin Saioc, originally from Romania, now lives in Bookham - https://youtu.be/NBZQ8f91Bak (Romanian)
• Dajana Topczewsk (Di), originally from Poland, now lives in Guildford - https://youtu.be/IVCJlJAxDZc (Polish)