A one-off open access vaccination clinic at Twickenham Stadium in London gained national attention when younger people not currently eligible for the vaccine were amongst those who flocked for 15,000 jabs made available on Bank Holiday Monday. At the moment, broadly only the over 30s are entitled to a vaccine - other than those working or living with people who are particularly vulnerable to Covid or who have such a vulnerability themselves, as well as health and social workers and people with a learning disability.
Dr. Karunanithi says walk-in clinics should be a permanent part of Lancashire s armoury in the ongoing fight against Covid.
People in East Lancashire are being asked to only attend A and E if they have a life-threatening condition after they are reporting to be very busy. East Lancashire Hospital Trust, which runs Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General Hospital, has been busy through the day and are asking people to use GP or NHS 111 services to check symptoms and determine whether they need to attend Accident and Emergency. Assistant Director of Nursing for Blackburn Hospital A and E, Cheryl Doyle said: We are extremely busy today in the emergency department and prioritising our urgent and emergency cases. We are asking your help in the community for those patients that thing they need to come to ED that they utilise the GP services and NHS 111 first to check for symptoms and only attend the emergency department for life threatening conditions.
EXCLUSIVE: MailOnline s analysis of the latest NHS England data shows Bolton has the only NHS trust in the country to have more than four per cent of its beds occupied with Covid patients.