Rachael Burford, Local Democracy Reporting Service
Published:
12:00 PM February 15, 2021
Barts NHS health trust s chief executive Alwen Williams.
- Credit: Barts Health Trust
Barts Health is on track to administer its 250,000
th Covid-19 vaccine by the end of the week.
The trust, which runs Mile End Hospital in Mile End, Newham University Hospital in Plaistow and the Royal London in Whitechapel, had given out 220,000 jabs across north east London as of Wednesday last week the Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee for the area heard.
A further 35,000 people are due to receive their first dose of the vaccine by the end of this week.
The Covid vaccine is being rolled out in Brent
- Credit: PA
Earlier this month, members of the Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee for North West London heard from local NHS leaders about the current pressures on local health services and the Covid vaccination plans for our area.
We should take a moment to recognise that while dealing with a full blown health emergency – with hundreds of patients being admitted to our hospitals every day – the NHS is also having to plan vaccinations for hundreds of thousands of local residents.
Doctors, nurses, and other health and social service staff have been working round the clock for a year now fighting this brutal pandemic.