LOCKDOWN restrictions have put a strain on our daily lives but with more than 11 million people having been vaccinated against COVID-19, when will Boris Johnson outline his end of lockdown roadmap?
But it seems that, despite another ten large vaccination centres opening up around the UK this week, the last few days have seen a decrease in the number of people being jabbed.
And one GP has ‘revealed’ that some over-80s may have missed their opportunity to go to a GP run clinic because they are only being sent text messages about appointments.
I use inverted commas around the word ‘revealed’ because actually the majority of GPs – via commissioning groups and bodies called Primary Care Networks – signed up to this process. It’s certainly much quicker than sending out letters or calling each and every patient on a list, but it doesn’t require a huge intellect to realise that sending a bunch of 80 and overs a text message wasn’t going to deliver 100 per cent results.
| UPDATED: 15:14, Wed, Jan 13, 2021
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Lockdown restrictions have resulted in a poor start to 2021. Current restrictions mean all non-essential retail and hospitality are closed, as well as a ban on mixing with friends and family that you do not live with. The restrictions have been put in place for six weeks in England, but are continually reviewed by ministers.