Anyone who gets COVID-19 can become seriously ill or have long-term effects (long COVID). The NHS advises that COVID-19 vaccines are the best way to protect yourself and others.

Research has shown the vaccines help:

• reduce your risk of getting seriously ill or dying from COVID-19
• reduce your risk of catching or spreading COVID-19
• protect against COVID-19 variants

Visit the link below to find out more about how to get a coronavirus vaccine.

We are unable to issue this certificate at the practice. Please see the Gov.uk website for further information. Proof of your vaccination status will be available on the NHS app, which is also valuable for accessing your health records and ordering repeat prescriptions. Alternatively, you can call the NHS helpline on 119 (from 17 May) and ask for a letter to be posted to you. This must be at least 14 days after you’ve completed your course of the vaccine, the letter may to take up to 5 days to reach you.

If you have had your COVID-19 vaccinations abroad we are able to add this to your GP surgery record. Please bring your proof of vaccination to the surgery. Unfortunately vaccinations that have been given abroad will not be available for Vaccination Certificates and will not display on your NHS App, this is something that NHS England are working on.