Help: Peter Rooney, chief operating officer for the north Cumbria CCG, is proud to support the community Funding to support small organisations which help people travel to vaccine hubs is now available in North Cumbria. NHS North Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group has provided £10,000 for small grants of up to £500, allowing grassroots organisations to help people travel to receive their Covid vaccine. The money is held by Cumbria Community Foundation, and is intended to support costs, including mileage and PPE for volunteer drivers. Peter Rooney, chief operating officer for the CCG, said: “Because of the logistical and clinical issues around handling the vaccine and the need to vaccinate many people quickly, our GPs have been working together in groups called Primary Care Networks largely operating out of hubs.
GP surgery âoffering vaccine to residents aged 50 or overâ ahead of national rollout, councillor claims
A councillor says he has been told of a GP surgery vaccinating patients aged 50 years old or over â despite them being in cohort nine
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Healthy under 60s who arenât key workers are being vaccinated in Trafford ahead of the national guidelines, a councillor has claimed.
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Oli Hudson and Steve How, of Wilmington Healthcare, explore how NHS England’s new system-level funding works and the impact on prescribing for high cost drugs
NHS England’s finance structures underwent huge changes last year, which began with the announcement that all trusts and foundation trusts would move to block contract payments for an initial period from April 1 to July 31.
This move, which was prompted by the pandemic, was followed in the autumn by the introduction of a new ‘system-level’ funding arrangement that sees Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) or groups of providers working together to determine how money should be spent locally.