Daphne Dye, 89, from Great Clacton, is given the jab ALMOST 1,000 people in one of the country s oldest and most deprived communities are being given the Covid-19 vaccination. The North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group worked with St Helena Hospice to turn its Tendring Centre, in Jackson Road, Clacton, into a vaccination centre in just seven days. Elderly residents in the town were among the first people in the community to be given the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Some have been shielding since March and have welcomed the vaccine as it will mean they will be able to see their families sooner. Navy veteran Alan Jones, 89, from Clacton, got the jab at St Helena Hospice s Tendring Centre, alongside his wife Hazel, 83.
A CARETAKER provider has now been awarded a five-year contract to run four formerly troubled GP practices in Clacton and Frinton - covering 24,000 patients. Frinton Road Medical Practice in Holland-on-Sea, Epping Close Surgery in Clacton, Green Elms Medical Centre in Jaywick and Caradoc in Frinton were previously run by Anglian Community Enterprise (ACE). The health care provider’s shortcomings - including patients being forced to wait more than 30 minutes on the phone to book appointments, order prescriptions and get test results - came under scrutiny after NHS bosses forced a change of management at Caradoc Surgery last year. ACE was warned to make improvements at the other three sites, which make up the Clacton Community Practice, but failing significant progress the successful Ranworth Surgery in Clacton, was brought in to run them on a 12-month caretaker contract.
WALTON’S Columbine Centre is set to be used as a mass vaccination centre, it has been revealed. Frinton and Walton Town Council said the NHS has confirmed it will be hiring the centre, in Princes Esplanade, as part of the roll out of the biggest vaccination programme in its history. It is understood the NHS will take on the site to administer the PfizerBioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in the New Year. Clerk Jerry Wedge said: “Following a number of site visits during the last few weeks, the NHS have confirmed they want to make use of part of the Columbine Centre as a mass vaccination centre.
The Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) have issued a message to those still waiting for the coronavirus vaccination. In the message they confirmed that five waves of primary care workers will begin receiving the jab in the coming weeks. The statement read: Staff at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT) began vaccinating patients, supported by GPs, paramedics and registered nurses. Due to the storage and transportation requirements of the vaccine, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital and Colchester Hospital were selected as the first vaccination centres. In line with national guidance, people aged 80 and over as well as care home patients and staff were the first to receive the vaccination, along with NHS workers who are at higher risk.
The Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) have issued a message to those still waiting for the coronavirus vaccination. In the message they confirmed that five waves of primary care workers will begin receiving the jab in the coming weeks. The statement read: Staff at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT) began vaccinating patients, supported by GPs, paramedics and registered nurses. Due to the storage and transportation requirements of the vaccine, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital and Colchester Hospital were selected as the first vaccination centres. In line with national guidance, people aged 80 and over as well as care home patients and staff were the first to receive the vaccination, along with NHS workers who are at higher risk.