Vaccine deadline approaches for care workers
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**All patient-facing health and Care Quality Commission-regulated social care workers are required to be fully vaccinated from April 2022**.

Anyone as yet unvaccinated has until Thursday 3 February – just one more week – to get their first dose, in order to be given their second dose before the April deadline.

There are some exemptions, including people under 18 years old; people who are clinically exempt; people taking part in a COVID-19 trial and people who don’t have face-to-face contact with the public.

It brings Care Quality Commission-regulated care workers in line with care home workers, who have been required to be fully vaccinated since last year.

Vaccinations can be booked through the [National Booking Service](https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flnks.gd%2Fl%2FeyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjAxMjguNTI1Mjc3NDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5uaHMudWsvY29uZGl0aW9ucy9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1jb3ZpZC0xOS9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy12YWNjaW5hdGlvbi9ib29rLWNvcm9uYXZpcnVzLXZhY2NpbmF0aW9uLyJ9.J_15q6pqo3ZDnCLl9tChMWkRmcERUBICTJp2zp39bcA%2Fs%2F172374962%2Fbr%2F125808998112-l&data=04%7C01%7Cmike.bomford%40devon.gov.uk%7Caafc169a3fe649d44f6008d9e2802c7d%7C8da13783cb68443fbb4b997f77fd5bfb%7C0%7C0%7C637789862398720088%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=UkaKH0781ietaXR%2FLz0%2FIIkOrHiWgoTPqbjO4B9fgkA%3D&reserved=0), by ringing 119, or by [attending one of the many walk-ins](https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flnks.gd%2Fl%2FeyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMTUsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjAxMjguNTI1Mjc3NDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5uaHMudWsvc2VydmljZS1zZWFyY2gvZmluZC1hLXdhbGstaW4tY29yb25hdmlydXMtY292aWQtMTktdmFjY2luYXRpb24tc2l0ZSJ9.aXEBx1wTDpZRMRvcWzF6DH1UgScIRn_mPZ-iEpilsMI%2Fs%2F172374962%2Fbr%2F125808998112-l&data=04%7C01%7Cmike.bomford%40devon.gov.uk%7Caafc169a3fe649d44f6008d9e2802c7d%7C8da13783cb68443fbb4b997f77fd5bfb%7C0%7C0%7C637789862398720088%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=fbmMrX2tFjSCJhxnabTEMxdDkTHiDZ3Nv2EHlFZELEg%3D&reserved=0) available across the county.