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COVID-19 Vaccination: Third and Independent Health and Social Care Frontline Workers
January 29, 2021 by funeral-industry-news No Comments | Category Uncategorized
Mr Paul Hawkins, Director for COVID-19 Vaccination Delivery in the Scottish Government has issued a letter providing the vaccination scheduling contact details for each Health Board in Scotland.
You can read that letter here:
JCVI Priority 2 Third and Independent HSC Staff Letter-28.01.2021
Self-assessment definitions are provided in Annex B.
Our guidance for funeral directors has been updated with more information on vaccination eligibility.
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