MORE than 30,000 people in North Wales have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Teresa Owen, executive director of Public Health, said on January 19, that in the past week BCUHB had administered the highest number of vaccinations of any Welsh Health Board, which equated to 22 per cent of the cumulative number of first dose vaccines administered in Wales. This compares to 11 per cent of the Welsh total two weeks ago. Ms Owen said: We started this week having vaccinated over 30,000 people since the beginning of the programme. We are confident that we have the capacity and the operational plan in place to meet the first target. This requires more than 184,000 vaccines to be administered before February 14. The only limiting factor will be the access to vaccine supplies.
Dr Owen Evans, Karen Shaw and Ali Ellis; Middle row - Dr Clare Corbett, Dr Eve Blakemore and Staff Nurse Linda Hughes-Roberts; front row - Nurse Manager Nicola Anderton, Staff Nurse Lois Roberts, Sian Turner and Iwona Kedzierska A SENIOR partner at Clarence Medical Centre in Rhyl who has been a GP in the area for more than 20 years has given an insight into their Covid vaccination efforts. Dr Simon Dobson said - up to January 17 - he and his team had vaccinated 17 homes in Rhyl, a total of 416 residents. He added: We have done this on behalf of the North Denbighshire GP cluster. We would like to express our thanks to the staff of the care homes for their help in making the process a success. We are also grateful for the pragmatism of the Central Area team of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) for facilitating the supply of vaccines to make it happen.
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There will be dedicated vaccination hub which will mean some patients will have to visit a different practice to their usual one to receive their vaccination. Full details will be given to patients when contacted.
Their teams have been working hard to contact patients in the priority groups to receive the Covid-19 vaccine as part of the latest phase of the vaccine roll-out that is being co-ordinated by GP-led Primary Care Networks (PCNs). This includes starting to vaccinate care home residents and staff. The NHS will contact people in the priority groups when it is their turn to receive the vaccine.
NORTH Wales will be home to at least 20 coronavirus vaccination sites, it has been confirmed. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) has confirmed that the region already has its Mass Vaccination Centres (MVCs) that are located at the three rainbow hospitals – which are based in Bangor, Deeside and Llandudno. The health board said it will also be utilising its Hospital Vaccination Centres (HVCs) at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Glan Clwyd Hospital and Wrexham Maelor Hospital. To boost this, there are also going to be local vaccination centres (LVCs) that will help make the vaccine more accessible when people are called to receive their COVID-19 jab.