How people will be told to come for Covid-19 vaccine in Stamford, Bourne and the Deepings
A call centre has been established by the NHS to help GP surgeries to make vaccination appointments.
Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group is behind the facility which is supporting all GP practices in the county with booking eligible patients in for their jabs.
The aim is to reduce the number of calls being received by local surgeries.
Vaccinations are being carried out at Peterborough City Hospital and St Mary s Medical Centre in Stamford
People working in the call centre will be making outbound calls to patients to avoid tying up the phone lines at the practices.
Patients in south Lincolnshire advised to keep Peterborough hospital appointments following tier 4 announcement
| Updated: 08:42, 23 December 2020
Patients in south Lincolnshire with hospital appointments in Peterborough are being advised to still attend following the announcement that the city is now in tier 4.
Following on from the Governmentâs announcement over the weekend about the introduction of tier 4, NHS Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group says it wants to reassure patients, particularly those in south of the county, that they should still keep their hospital appointments in Peterborough.
John Turner, Chief Executive, Lincolnshire CCG, said: Understandably some people will be anxious, particularly those who live in the south of Lincolnshire, and who may have a requirement to travel to Peterborough - which is now classed as tier 4 - for a medical appointment.
Lincolnshire health bosses urge South Holland patients to keep medical appointments in Peterborough
| Updated: 17:00, 22 December 2020
Patients in South Holland are being urged to continue to attend medical appointments in Peterborough.
Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group chief executive John Turner is calling on people to attend appointments at Peterborough City Hospital despite the city now falling under tier 4 restrictions.
Peterborough was one of the areas which was placed in the new highest level of restrictions during the Prime Minister s briefing on Saturday.
Peterborough City Hospital. (43116849)
Mr Turner explains: âUnderstandably some people will be anxious, particularly those who live in the south of Lincolnshire, and who may have a requirement to travel to Peterborough - which is now classed as Tier 4 - for a medical appointment.
St Mary s Medical Centre site in Stamford guaranteed for healthcare use for up to five years
| Updated: 07:56, 19 December 2020
Health chiefs have agreed a deal to keep St Maryâs Medical Centre site available for healthcare in Stamford for up to five years.
St Mary s Medical Centre in Stamford
Today (Friday December 18), chief executive of the clinical commissioning group John Turner said Lakeside and the freeholders of the St Mary s site had been unable to agree a new lease, but that the Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust and the freeholders had.
He said that this secured the availability of the site for the NHS for up to five years.
Long Leys Court inpatient unit. Photo: Google Street View
One year after a catalogue of ‘serious incidents’ and the death of a patient led to the closure of a Lincoln learning disability unit, investigators still have the facility on lockdown.
On June 5, 2015, Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (LPFT) and the South West Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) made the decision to temporarily shut Long Leys Court.
A police investigation was launched into five “serious incidents”, the details of which have remained undisclosed.
Today, the doors of the NHS facility which would care for up to 16 adults with special learning needs, remain bolted. All patients and staff have been relocated.