If you are caring for someone with underlying health conditions who would struggle to cope if you became unwell, you can help the vaccination effort by emailing your GP practice or using its website to make sure your local surgery knows you are an unpaid carer. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation guidance that GPs follow says that if a carer is over 70 years old, they should ask to be vaccinated at the same time as the person they care for is vaccinated – so please ask at the point you are contacted by the NHS. If a carer is 69 or younger, they will be able to get their vaccine once the NHS begins immunisations for that group. The NHS is moving through the priority groups in order and we are currently focusing on those aged 70 and over as well as health and social care staff. We will start of offer vaccinations to carers aged 69 or younger as soon as we can in the coming weeks.