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COVID-19 ARCHIVE

Omicron Variant - January 2022

Flu and COVID-19 Booster Vaccinations

Health and Social Care staff across NHSGGC now have access to the NHS Inform booking portal, which will enable you to book an appointment for the flu vaccination and COVID-19 booster.

Flu Vaccination

All NHS health care workers are eligible for flu vaccination.

Social care workers and independent contractors (GP, Dental, Optometry, Community Pharmacy and their staff) who regularly deliver direct personal care and/or treatment, are eligible for flu vaccination. This includes housing support workers and personal assistants.

COVID-19 Booster

Frontline health and social care staff, including independent contractors, who are aged 16 years old and over are eligible for a COVID-19 booster. This includes the following groups:

Health and social care staff who provide direct care and treatment (i.e. those who have face-to-face contact and provide physical care or treatment)
Non-clinical healthcare staff (i.e. those who come into contact with the personal belongings, physical tissue or body fluids of patients, residents or clients), including porters, catering, laundry and domestic staff as well as receptionists and ward clerks
Healthcare laboratory and pathology staff (i.e. laboratory staff and those that handle items coming to the lab such as porters and lab receptionists)
Social care staff in long-stay care facilities (i.e. those who work in long-stay residential and nursing care homes), including porters, catering, laundry, domestic staff and receptionists.

If you are unsure about which vaccinations may be available to you, please login or register on the portal where a guidance document is available. If after reading this you are still unsure, please speak with your line manager.

NHSGGC will be offering vaccinations to eligible staff at 18 community locations across Greater Glasgow and Clyde. However, if it is more convenient, staff can book into clinics located in other health board areas. Additional clinics will be set up at some hospital sites in November, with the vaccination programme running until early December.

At this stage, staff will be able to book appointments between now and the 10^th October. More appointments will be released in the coming weeks and updates will be provided when later appointments are live on the portal.

For those staff who are eligible to receive both flu vaccination and COVID-19 booster, please note these will be administered at the same appointment. We would strongly encourage you take up the offer of these vaccinations and book an appointment at a time and place most convenient to you.

Those who are eligible due to age or an underlying health condition may also receive an invitation directly by letter.

Pecos PPE Direct Ordering

Please note that the customer support contacts we previously communicated to you will no longer be available from 16^th August 21. The following email address will be closed: nss.nhss-primary-care-supplies-covid-19@nhs.scot

From 16^th August 21, if you require support please use one of the following:

Software Issues - such as Pecos access, password reset or issues accessing PPE catalogues, please use this link to record your enquiry. (If you have any issues logging onto Service Now please email: nss.fmissupport@nhs.scot)
Order Queries - for all enquiries relating to missing deliveries or delivery issues please use either of the following: Email - primarycare@hubppe.co.uk or Telephone - 0300 303 3536 (Lines open Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm)

Please provide the following information in the email or phone call:

Your practice name and address;
The PO number of the order you are querying;
Confirm if the whole order has not been delivered, or detail the items which are either incorrect quantities or damaged on receipt.

1. CP User Support and Contact Information

2. Guide to Logging Calls via NSS Service Now Portal

3. CP Training Guide for Ordering PPE via Pecos

4. CP Additional Information

5. Ordering/Delivery Schedule - August 2021