Supporting you with an efficient COVID-19 vaccination strategy
COVID-19 vaccination journey
It is clear that employers have a critical role to play in supporting COVID-19 vaccination in the workplace, and that protecting employees and ensuring a safe return to work are of critical importance.
Leveraging our extensive experience in setting up our own vaccination sites, Discovery has developed a set of support services to assist you in formulating and executing an effective solution to ensure an efficient employee vaccination strategy.
Contact your Corporate Health Manager to discuss the options available and activate this benefit for your employees
Enabling a seamless vaccination process through Discovery's Employer Vaccination Programme
To assist you in formulating and executing an effective vaccination solution, Discovery is extending our vaccination programme to you. Depending on the size of your company, we can either:
- Facilitate access to the existing Discovery vaccination sites
- Set up a temporary mobile vaccination site in your workplace
Who is eligible for the Discovery COVID-19 Employer Vaccination Programme?
The programme is available to all employers who are Discovery product holders. This includes Discovery Health Medical Scheme, restricted medical schemes administered by Discovery Health,
Healthy Company, Flexicare, COVID-19 Business Support, Discovery Group Risk, and Discovery Umbrella Funds, and will extend to all employees of these employers, regardless of medical scheme membership.
All vaccination access and roll-out will be aligned with the National Department of Health (NDoH) prioritisation framework. As per the NDoH Circular released on 1 July 2021, the cost of vaccination and administration is covered in full at private vaccination sites for all insured and uninsured employees. There will be no additional fees for use of the Discovery Vaccination Network.
1. Facilitating access to Discovery-managed vaccination sites
To-date, the Discovery Vaccination Site Network includes 7 accredited vaccination sites across South Africa and are planning to open an additional 3 sites over the next few months. We are now facilitating seamless access to this network of vaccination sites for you through an end-to-end journey and supported by a set of tools to encourage vaccination take-up.
Simple vaccination scheduling
Discovery has enhanced its booking platform to provide employees scheduled access to the Discovery Vaccination Site Network through an efficient scheduling and booking process designed to minimise operational disruption. The flexibility of the booking platform is dependent on your company size.
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Individual booking
If you have at least 35 employees, you can bulk register your employees which automatically uploads them to the Discovery Connected Care platform. Employees can then follow the existing individual booking process on Connected Care to find and book an available vaccination appointment. -
Block booking of appointment times
If you have at least 100 employees, you can book a block of appointment times at a Discovery vaccination site. Your employees can then make their booking within the time slots provided. -
Bulk booking and scheduled appointments
If you have at least 1 500 employees, you can book and schedule appointments for your employees in bulk. This lets you book a block of appointment times and allocate specific appointment times for subsets of employees.
2. Temporary Discovery vaccination site set up at your premises
Available on request to large employer groups only
These mobile services are linked with Discovery's registered site network, and therefore the geographic location and proximity to the Discovery Vaccination Site Network will be considered when evaluating your requests.
Discovery will provide the nurses, vaccine stock and all consumables required for the mobile service. The consultation and implementation costs for the mobile service will be for you and will be quoted based on your company size and desired timelines for completion.
The cost of the vaccine and its administration by a registered nurse will be fully covered for insured and uninsured employees. You will be required to provide access to well ventilated and secure room(s).
