Dr Emma Gayton, GP Partner at Grove Medical Practice and Clinical Director for St Ives Primary Care Network said “I have never been as proud of being a GP in St Ives as I was this weekend during our first Covid-19 vaccination clinic.
“Our patients were so happy to be vaccinated and braved the cold and rain, and sometimes dark conditions.
“Our staff and volunteers gave up their weekends to work in the clinic and managed to vaccinate hundreds of local people.”
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The Spinney Partnership
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.
Nine new GP surgeries offering Covid vaccines in Cambridgeshire
The NHS will contact people in the priority groups when it is their turn to receive the vaccine
A key worker receives the Covid-19 vaccine (Image: Ian Forsyth - Pool/Getty Images)
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Patients from GP surgeries across the county will start to be invited for Covid-19 vaccinations this week.