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Covid-19 vaccines to arrive at GP surgeries
17/01/2021 @ 12:48
Covid-19 vaccine supplies will start to arrive at GP surgeries in the area later this week.
Powys Teaching Health Board said it would be able to deliver 4,000 doses a week through its vaccine centres, such as the national one at Newtown, and the GP surgeries.
The surgeries will begin giving the vaccine the week starting 25 January by appointment only.
The national vaccine centre in Newtown will relocate to the Maldwyn Leisure Centre later this week as well.
"Our vaccination capacity is set to expand by the end of next week so that we can deliver up to 4000 doses a week already – although this remains dependent on the supply we receive from national stocks," said Carol Shillabeer, Chief Executive of the health board.
"Later next week will also see vaccine supplies delivered to all 16 GP practices, so that the network of GP practice-led vaccination clinics can open in the week beginning 25 January."
Vaccination is by appointment only, and we are following the guidance on priorities set by the UK’s independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). This means that vaccination is currently under way for the JCVI’s top priority groups:
Residents of care homes for older adults - nearly all residents have now received their vaccination
People aged 80 and over – all registered patients aged 80 and over will have received their invitation letter by early next week
Frontline health and care workers – to help protect the vulnerable people in their care, who are most at risk of catching coronavirus and developing serious illnesses – information has been sent to employers across the county
By early next week, everyone in these groups will have received their invitation.
By mid February our goal is to ensure vaccination for everyone in these groups, as well as:
People aged 75 and over
People aged 70 and over
People who are “clinically extremely vulnerable” – remember that this is a smaller group than the people with underlying health conditions who receive the seasonal flu immunisation
By the spring, our goal is to offer vaccination to everyone in the remaining national priority groups:
all those 65 years of age and over
all individuals aged 16 years to 64 years with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk of serious disease and mortality – broadly this group includes those who receive the seasonal flu vaccine, and it also includes “those who are in receipt of a carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person whose welfare may be at risk if the carer falls ill”
all those 60 years of age and over
all those 55 years of age and over
all those 50 years of age and over
Powys Teaching Health Board said it would be able to deliver 4,000 doses a week through its vaccine centres, such as the national one at Newtown, and the GP surgeries.The surgeries will begin giving the vaccine the week starting 25 January by appointment only.
The national vaccine centre in Newtown will relocate to the Maldwyn Leisure Centre later this week as well.
"Our vaccination capacity is set to expand by the end of next week so that we can deliver up to 4000 doses a week already – although this remains dependent on the supply we receive from national stocks," said Carol Shillabeer, Chief Executive of the health board.
"Later next week will also see vaccine supplies delivered to all 16 GP practices, so that the network of GP practice-led vaccination clinics can open in the week beginning 25 January."
Vaccination is by appointment only, and we are following the guidance on priorities set by the UK’s independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). This means that vaccination is currently under way for the JCVI’s top priority groups:
Residents of care homes for older adults - nearly all residents have now received their vaccination
People aged 80 and over – all registered patients aged 80 and over will have received their invitation letter by early next week
Frontline health and care workers – to help protect the vulnerable people in their care, who are most at risk of catching coronavirus and developing serious illnesses – information has been sent to employers across the county
By early next week, everyone in these groups will have received their invitation.
By mid February our goal is to ensure vaccination for everyone in these groups, as well as:
People aged 75 and over
People aged 70 and over
People who are “clinically extremely vulnerable” – remember that this is a smaller group than the people with underlying health conditions who receive the seasonal flu immunisation
By the spring, our goal is to offer vaccination to everyone in the remaining national priority groups:
all those 65 years of age and over
all individuals aged 16 years to 64 years with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk of serious disease and mortality – broadly this group includes those who receive the seasonal flu vaccine, and it also includes “those who are in receipt of a carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person whose welfare may be at risk if the carer falls ill”
all those 60 years of age and over
all those 55 years of age and over
all those 50 years of age and over
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