Guidance

COVID-19 vaccination: resources for children and young people aged 12 to 17 years

Information for eligible children and young people aged 12 to 17 years on COVID-19 vaccination.

Applies to England

Documents

COVID-19 vaccination: a guide for eligible children and young people aged 12 to 17 (print version 3)

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COVID-19 vaccination: a guide to a second dose for young people aged 16 to 17 (print version)

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COVID-19 vaccination: a guide for eligible children and young people aged 16 to 17 (print version 3)

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COVID-19 vaccination for at-risk children and young people aged 12 to 15 (simple text print version)

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Information for children and young people on what to expect after COVID-19 vaccination (print version 2)

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Details

Resources on COVID-19 vaccination for eligible children and young people aged 12 to 17 years.

Resources for children aged 5 to 11 years are available.

Leaflets

COVID-19 vaccination: a guide for eligible children and young people aged 12 to 17

This leaflet should be given to eligible children and young people or their parents and carers prior to the vaccination appointment.

Copies of the version 3 leaflet in English are available to order. Translated versions will be available shortly to order.

Copies of version 2 are available to order for free or download in the following languages and formats:

Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese, Estonian, Farsi, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Latvian, Lithuanian, Panjabi, Pashto, Polish, Romanian, Romany, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu and Yiddish.

A Braille version of this leaflet is available to order.

An audio version of this leaflet is available to download.

A British Sign Language (BSL) video of this leaflet is available to view or download.

COVID-19 vaccination: a guide for eligible children and young people aged 16 to 17

This leaflet should be given to eligible children and young people or their parents and carers prior to the vaccination appointment. Version 3 is currently only available for download.

Copies of the version 2 leaflet in English are available to order using product code COV2021YPM.

COVID-19 vaccination: a guide to a second dose for young people aged 16 to 17

Copies of this leaflet are available to order or download in the following languages and formats:

English, English large print, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese, Estonian, Farsi, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Latvian, Lithuanian, Panjabi, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Romany, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu and Yiddish.

A British Sign Language video of this leaflet is available or download the video.

A Braille version of this leaflet is available to order.

Information for children and young people on what to expect after their COVID-19 vaccination

This leaflet is for healthcare practitioners to give to children, young people or their parents and carers after their vaccination. It provides information on what to expect after vaccination.

Copies of version 2 in English are available to order using product code COV2021YP.

COVID-19 vaccination for at-risk children and young people aged 12 to 15 years (simple text)

This leaflet should be given to eligible at-risk children and young people or their parents and carers prior to the vaccination appointment.

This leaflet is currently only available for download. Paper copies of this leaflet will soon be available to order.

A consent form for eligible children and young people or their parents and carers is available to download.

Easy-read resources for children are available to download.

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Published 5 August 2021
Last updated 1 February 2022 + show all updates
  1. Added links to translated and alternative formats of the COVID-19 vaccination: a guide to a second dose for young people aged 16 to 17 leaflet.

  2. Added COVID-19 vaccination: a guide for eligible children and young people aged 16 to 17 (version 3).

  3. Updated COVID-19 vaccination for at-risk children and young people aged 12 to 15 (simple text).

  4. Updated COVID-19 vaccination: a guide for eligible children and young people aged 12 to 17 and added order link for the guide to a second dose for young people aged 16 to 17.

  5. Updated COVID-19 vaccination: a guide to a second dose for young people aged 16 to 17.

  6. Added links to order the guide for: eligible children and young people aged 12 to 17; 16 to 17; and on what to expect after COVID-19 vaccination.

  7. Updated COVID-19 vaccination: a guide for eligible children and young people aged 12 to 17.

  8. Updated COVID-19 vaccination: a guide for eligible children and young people aged 16 to 17 and information for children and young people on what to expect after COVID-19 vaccination.

  9. Added COVID-19 vaccination: a guide to a second dose for young people aged 16 to 17.

  10. Added links to an audio and British Sign Language video version of the COVID-19 vaccination: a guide for eligible children and young people aged 12 to 17.

  11. Added link to Albanian translation for 'a guide for eligible children and young people aged 12 to 17' leaflet.

  12. Added links to braille and translations of the COVID-19 vaccination: a guide for eligible children and young people aged 12 to 17 leaflet.

  13. Updated COVID-19 vaccination: a guide for eligible children and young people aged 12 to 17.

  14. Updated consent form for children, young people or parents and carers.

  15. Added COVID-19 vaccination: a guide for eligible children and young people aged 12 to 17.

  16. Children's leaflet for 12 to 17 year olds removed due to decision pending.

  17. Added COVID-19 vaccination: a guide for eligible children and young people aged 12 to 17.

  18. Added consent form.

  19. Added updated COVID-19 vaccination for at-risk children and young people aged 12 to 15 years (simple text).

  20. Added COVID-19 vaccination: a guide for eligible children and young people.

  21. Consent form temporarily removed for review.

  22. First published.