Operational Guidance for Vaccination in General Practice
Operational Guidance is updated in response to any changes to National Immunisation Office clinical guidance, that impact the day to day operations of vaccination services within the community sector.
It sets out direction in relation to the approach, logistical arrangements and processes established for continued vaccine rollout as well as links to all of the necessary clinical information.
Operational Guidance for Vaccination in General Practice (PDF, 1.2 MB, 22 pages)
COVID-19 Vaccination over Summer 2024
The COVID-19 seasonal booster programme will pause over the summer months. During the summer pause, the following groups will still be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination:
- Primary course vaccination for those aged 6 months and older
- Booster dose vaccination for pregnant women in the appropriate stage of pregnancy and where the appropriate time since last dose of vaccine has elapsed. Please refer to latest NIAC recommendations for COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy: NIAC recommendations (rcpi.ie)
HSE Vaccination teams will offer continue COVID-19 vaccination for the following:
- for children aged under 12 years requiring primary course vaccination
Referral pathway for Housebound patients
HSE mobile vaccination teams will administer COVID-19 and/or Flu vaccines to persons who are housebound, on referral from their GP, once they meet the housebound criteria. An individual is housebound if they are unable to leave their home at all, or if they require significant assistance to leave the house due to illness, frailty, surgery, disability, mental ill health, or nearing end of life (end of life individuals can also be referred by specialist palliative care team). Individuals who cannot attend their GP Practice, Community Pharmacy or HSE vaccination clinic for clinical reasons and for whom this difficulty with attendance cannot be resolved by providing transport, may be referred to this pathway.
For new referrals, complete the Housebound Referral Booster Vaccination Form and send it to the Healthmail account based on where the individual resides, as listed below.
Housebound Referral Booster Vaccination Form (XLSX, 0.02 MB, 4 pages)
Individuals previously referred by their GP for COVID-19 vaccination under the housebound programme and who are denoted on COVAX as housebound will be contacted by their Area Vaccination Team in order to organise both their COVID-19 and flu vaccines when they are next due.
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CHO 1
CHO 2
CHO 3
CHO 4
CHO 5
CHO 6
CHO 7
CHO 8
CHO 9
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Email addresses for referrals
cho1housebound@healthmail.ie
cho2housebound@healthmail.ie
cho3housebound@healthmail.ie
cho4housebound@healthmail.ie
cho5housebound@healthmail.ie
cho6housebound@healthmail.ie
cho7housebound@healthmail.ie
cho8housebound@healthmail.ie
cho9housebound@healthmail.ie
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CHO counties
Donegal, Sligo/Leitrim/West Cavan & Cavan/Monaghan
Galway, Roscommon and Mayo
Clare, Limerick, and North Tipperary/East Limerick
Kerry, North Cork, North Lee, South Lee, and West Cork
South Tipperary, Carlow/Kilkenny, Waterford and Wexford
Wicklow, Dun Laoghaire and Dublin South East
Kildare/West Wicklow, Dublin West, Dublin South City, and Dublin South West
Laois/Offaly, Longford/Westmeath, Louth and Meath
Dublin North, Dublin North Central and Dublin North West
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General Queries and Relationship management support:
You can contact our Relationship management team by email at gpvaccines@vision.com or phone 081 800 8811.
How to join the Vaccination Programme for COVID-19 and Influenza
To take part in the Vaccination programme, you will require the following:
- A PCRS contract
- A National Cold Chain account
- Registered to use a recognised GP Practice Management System (Socrates, HealthOne, Helix, CompleteGP) or GPVax to record vaccine administration records.
General practitioners can apply through the National Contracts Office.
