Health Resource Files
Measles Outbreak 2024
NHS vaccine information
Question: There needs to be work about not using the three in one jab and are separate ones available for those unable to pay some parents feels like it's overload. Ongoing mistrust about some elements particularly around the Autism issue, which was reported some years ago
Answer: Taken from the website: MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Single vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella are not available on the NHS and are not recommended.
Combined vaccines like the MMR vaccine are safe and help to reduce the number of injections your child needs.
The benefits include:
Some private clinics in the UK offer single vaccines against measles, mumps and rubella, but these vaccines are unlicensed. This means there are no checks on their safety and effectiveness. The NHS does not keep a list of private clinics.
GOV.UK has more about why the NHS uses a combined vaccine
Answer: Taken from the website: MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Single vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella are not available on the NHS and are not recommended.
Combined vaccines like the MMR vaccine are safe and help to reduce the number of injections your child needs.
The benefits include:
- avoiding any delay between injections that could risk illness
- reducing discomfort for your child
- reducing the number of appointments needed
Some private clinics in the UK offer single vaccines against measles, mumps and rubella, but these vaccines are unlicensed. This means there are no checks on their safety and effectiveness. The NHS does not keep a list of private clinics.
GOV.UK has more about why the NHS uses a combined vaccine
Long Road to Recovery
Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers have been badly affected by the COVID 19 pandemic. But as the pandemic fades from the headlines, many are still suffering with Long COVID. In this short film, Romany Journalist Jake Bowers meets three Gypsy and Traveller men for whom the pandemic is far from over.
Produced for the Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group and in conjunction with National Voices. A Gypsy Media Company Production.
If you are a Gypsy or Traveller and you think you have, or may have, Long COVID, then please call the Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group on 07584 094 211 or 07799 443 830
READ MORE https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/features/long-road-recovery-long-covid-and-gypsies-and-travellers
Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers have been badly affected by the COVID 19 pandemic. But as the pandemic fades from the headlines, many are still suffering with Long COVID. In this short film, Romany Journalist Jake Bowers meets three Gypsy and Traveller men for whom the pandemic is far from over.
Produced for the Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group and in conjunction with National Voices. A Gypsy Media Company Production.
If you are a Gypsy or Traveller and you think you have, or may have, Long COVID, then please call the Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group on 07584 094 211 or 07799 443 830
READ MORE https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/features/long-road-recovery-long-covid-and-gypsies-and-travellers
Coronavirus Update
‘’Partners in Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System have been tackling health inequalities by encouraging members of the Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and Showmen communities to ‘Give Covid the Jab’. In a new NHS video, produced in partnership with First Community Health and Care - an employee-owned social enterprise, providing community healthcare services to people living in east Surrey and parts of West Sussex - they aim to educate, inform and answer common questions about the Covid-19 vaccine to boost vaccine confidence within Traveller communities’’.
Please see this great video here with Jake Bowers
Give Covid the Jab.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4-S7xdnsec
We will update guidance as we get it please see information on funerals here
‘’Partners in Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System have been tackling health inequalities by encouraging members of the Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and Showmen communities to ‘Give Covid the Jab’. In a new NHS video, produced in partnership with First Community Health and Care - an employee-owned social enterprise, providing community healthcare services to people living in east Surrey and parts of West Sussex - they aim to educate, inform and answer common questions about the Covid-19 vaccine to boost vaccine confidence within Traveller communities’’.
Please see this great video here with Jake Bowers
Give Covid the Jab.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4-S7xdnsec
We will update guidance as we get it please see information on funerals here