{"id":2108,"date":"2021-11-26T09:03:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T09:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spah.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=2108"},"modified":"2024-06-05T12:56:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T11:56:57","slug":"covid-vaccine-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spah\/patients-and-families\/covid-vaccine-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>COVID-19 infections can be potentially more serious in patients with haemoglobinopathies and other long-term health conditions than for those who don\u2019t.&nbsp; For this reason, SPAH encourage patients to be vaccinated and get boosters when offered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further information can be found on the sources below.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>If you have any specific questions or concerns, please discuss with your haematology team.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Eligibility for\u00a0COVID-19\u00a0vaccine and boosters that can be accessed by visiting the<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhsinform.scot\/covid-19-vaccine\">NHSinform website<strong>.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vaccination information can be accessed by visiting the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhsinform.scot\/covid-19-vaccine\">NHSinform website COVID-19 page<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>COVID-19&nbsp;vaccine information in other languages can be viewed by visiting the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhsinform.scot\/covid-19-vaccine\/other-languages\">NHSinform website other languages<\/a>&nbsp;page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Sickle Cell Society has some great recordings to watch on its website with vaccine information, a Q&amp;A session and patients talking about vaccination.&nbsp; To find out more&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sicklecellsociety.org\/coronavirus-and-scd\">visit the Sickle Cell Society website.<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Treatment of&nbsp;COVID-19&nbsp;in high risk groups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Patients who are at increased risk of complications of COVID-19&nbsp;such as patients with sickle cell disease and some patients with thalassaemia are eligible for anti-viral treatment if they develop&nbsp;COVID.&nbsp; If you have a positive test, you should visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhsinform.scot%2Fillnesses-and-conditions%2Finfections-and-poisoning%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19-treatments&amp;data=05%7C01%7CLinda.Watson5%40nhs.scot%7C9ae5d14f42734eb32d0808dad9027712%7C10efe0bda0304bca809cb5e6745e499a%7C0%7C0%7C638060901846531162%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=L0GhuFRsWOaNDc1kpdPhk37WVvhjRgMwcD%2BpIPsNF9k%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Coronavirus (COVID-19): Treatments | NHS inform website<\/a><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>and phone the number of your local health board to discuss treatment.&nbsp; The numbers are listed at the bottom of the link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhsinform.scot\/illnesses-and-conditions\/infections-and-poisoning\/coronavirus-covid-19\">NHSinform website<\/a>&nbsp;for up to date information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">COVID-19 infections can be potentially more serious in patients with haemoglobinopathies and other long-term health conditions than for those who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2108","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2108"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3199,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2108\/revisions\/3199"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/spah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}