Last updated on October 23rd, 2023 at 11:32 am
In today’s update:
- Mandatory Vaccine for certain healthcare workers
- Updating your vaccination status
- No change to COVID safety measures at Trust
Mandatory Vaccine for certain healthcare workers
The government has announced that the COVID-19 vaccine will become a legal requirement of employment for certain healthcare workers from 1st April 2022.
This means that unvaccinated staff will need to have had their first dose by Thursday 3rd February 2022, so they are able to receive their second dose by the deadline.
As an NHS organisation, St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust must comply with this legislation.
We are not alone in this, it’s something that all health and social care providers across public, independent and private sectors are facing.
We want to approach it in the right way, together. The Trust is supporting staff in a number of ways:
Walk-In Clinics
There are now 2 walk-in clinics at Nightingale House, Whiston Hospital AND The Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens where you can get vaccinated for 1st,2nd, 3rd or booster doses.
Just take your ID badge with you when you go.
Supporting You
There is lots of support and resource available to help you make an informed decision about getting vaccinated.
Please see the home page of the staff intranet for more
Talk to Us
We are always here to support you. If you are still unsure about getting the vaccine, please telephone the STHK Covid Vaccine Support Line: 0151 676 5713 (open Mon-Fri, 7am-7pm) to speak to a trained clinician.
Updating your vaccination status
From Monday 31st January 2022, if we don’t have your correct COVID-19 vaccination status on our records, you’ll be able to update your status with a clinician from the Health Work and Wellbeing team in person at Nightingale House.
You can attend from Monday 31st Jan to Thursday 3rd February, between 7am and 7pm.
To update your status, you will need to bring ID and evidence of your COVID-19 vaccination(s), as detailed below:
Suitable forms of ID
- Your NHS badge
Suitable evidence of COVID-19 vaccination
- The NHS COVID TRAVEL pass, or equivalent from NHS Scotland, NHS Wales or the Department of Health in Northern Ireland; or
- The EU Digital COVID Certificate; or (this can be uploaded from your NHS app and sent via PDF.
- The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention vaccination card; or
- A certificate in English, French or Spanish issued by the competent health authority which contains:
a) the individual’s full name
b) the individual’s date of birth
c) the name and manufacturer of the vaccine that the individual received
d) the date that the individual received each dose of the vaccine
e) details of either the identity of the issuer of the certificate or the country of vaccination, or both.
We cannot accept the following as proof of vaccination status:
- NHS appointment cards
- ANY GP IMMS REPORT
- QR CODES
No change to COVID safety measures at Trust
Although England returned to Plan A on Thursday 27th January, there are no changes to Covid sfatey measures at the Trust.
This includes the wearing of face masks for staff and face masks or coverings for all patients and visitors (unless exempt) in all health and care settings, regular hand washing and sanitising and social distancing
Staff are to continue working from home where possible.
Visiting restrictions also remain in place to ensure that everyone is protected.
This information has been shared across all local media and on the Trust’s social media channels
