South East London has the least percentage of over 80s vaccinated in England, according to the latest NHS stats. South East London has the slowest vaccination rate in the country, and has given jabs to the lowest percentage of over 80s for any region in England. London remains lagging behind the rest of the country with its vaccine rollout, but the most recent NHS figures show that the body covering south east London has the worst vaccination rate in the country for over 80s. The integrated care system, titled Our Healthier South East London , has so far vaccinated 36,651 of its 80+ population, just 60.4% as of January 24.
By Simon Allin @SimonAllin3 Local Democracy Reporter, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey
Elderly people warned travelling for Covid jabs coulds put them at risk (Images: Pixabay) Elderly people living in sheltered housing could soon avoid being forced to travel long distances for their coronavirus jabs following a local campaign. The NHS has agreed to include sheltered housing residents in its programme of vaccinations to be delivered on site, according to emails from council officials seen by the Local Democracy Reporting Service. It comes after elderly people in Enfield raised concerns that travelling miles by bus or taxi to reach a vaccination centre could put them at risk of catching the virus – and, coupled with the cost of travel, that could put them off having the jab.
Nicola Theron and Philippa Robinson discuss the community integration programme taking place in North Central London, the challenges faced and how CHP is helping to address them
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There is a huge amount of good work taking place at local health system levels looking at the health and wellbeing of communities, and how the NHS estate can act as beacons of change for local people.
All too often the infrastructure change which is enabling care delivery to be transformed outside of hospital settings is overlooked by the media-grabbing headlines of new hospitals.
More care in the community is a cornerstone of the NHS long-term plan and essential to the future sustainability of the NHS. In response, Community Health Partnerships is at the start of a collaborative journey with North London Partners to help them put local health centres at their heart of their communities, enabling the greater integration of care and to realise wider community benefit for people in north centra