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Lynda Stockwell has been praised for her work
Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, who is from Boston, spoke of the brilliant job being done at the Princess Royal Sports Arena (PRSA) during a briefing last week.
He name-checked PRSA clinical and operational lead Lynda Stockwell and her team as great examples of the dedicated teams across the country delivering this programme.
Professor Van Tam – known to many as JVT - said they were doing a brilliant job and in the future they would be able to look back and recognise what a difference they have personally made to the lives of those they have vaccinated.
The centre will open its doors on Thursday, April 13 in Hexham. Hexham Mart Vaccination Centre is the seventh large vaccination site in the region and the site will have the capacity to see up to 800 people per day, vaccine supply permitting. The decision to open a large new vaccination centre in Hexham was made in conjunction with local NHS partners so that the West Northumberland Primary Care Network, which has so far delivered 60,000 vaccinations, can return to providing core GP services. The centres, of which there are already six in the region, work with local vaccination services run by groups of GPs working together in Primary Care Networks and services offered by community pharmacies.
Another mass vaccination site is opening in our region next week THE region is set to get another mass vaccination centre as those aged under 40 are asked to take up their vaccine. A seventh large vaccination centre for the region will open at Hexham Mart, Northumberland on Thursday, May 13, 2021. The seventh large vaccination centre for the region in Hexham joins the six large vaccination centres which are at Newcastle’s Centre for Life, the NHS Nightingale Hospital North East, Sunderland, the Arnison Centre, Durham, Darlington Arena, The Riverside Stadium at Middlesbrough and the Auction Mart at Penrith. These large centres operate in conjunction with local vaccination services run by groups of GPs working together in Primary Care Networks and services offered by some community pharmacies.
Almost 90 per cent of adults in city, county and Rutland have had at least one Covid vaccine jab
The programme is making progress but there are still more than 86,000 needing a jab
04:00, 7 MAY 2021
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Here s where eligible patients can get Covid jab today and tomorrow without an appointment
Bookings will not be required
16:51, 5 MAY 2021
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Two new pop-up Covid-19 vaccination clinics will be held in the city this week to encourage eligible residents to get their vaccine.