Herts Valleys CCG is asking residents to be patient and wait to be invited for their vaccine
Friday, 1st January 2021, 6:29 am
Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group has confirmed that the vaccination site for Hemel Hempstead and Dacorum will open next week.
GPs will start to contact patients in Hemel Hempstead from today (Jan 1).
The NHS is prioritising those the Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) and government has decided will benefit the most – specifically over-80s, care home residents and staff.
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Herts Valleys CCG is reminding residents to be patient and wait to be invited for their vaccine.
The way it should work is that the CCG are ensuring that it s delivering what the county needs, and that it s financially prudent, et cetera. The trust should be coming up with plans that work for everybody, that s the theory. In practice, that doesn t happen. The point at the moment is, have they given it the right due diligence to get to this point? Up to this point, there s been scrutiny by one of our sister campaign groups, who have taken them to court in a judicial review. That was a high court judge saying when you arrived at your strategic outlying case, which is one of the three formal stages, you did that in the wrong manner.
Coronavirus testing sites across Hertfordshire will be staying open over Christmas and New Year. Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group says regional and local test sites will operate on slightly reduced hours on some public holidays, including Christmas and New Year’s Eve, but will be open as normal on other days. During the festive period the CCG is urging people across the county to get a test at the first sign of symptoms as coronavirus cases continue to rise. Symptoms of the virus include a high temperature, a new continuous cough or a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste.
Watford General Hospital is under severe pressure , a health body has said, as Hertfordshire moves into Tier 4. Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group, (CCG) says the hospital is looking after a large number of coronavirus patients, while West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust - which runs Watford General - has tweeted multiple times that its A&E department is really busy or super busy . Jim McManus, Hertfordshire s director of public health, has also warned the situation in hospitals at the moment is “worse than the first wave” and that the NHS is facing extreme pressure . As of December 18, figures published on the government s coronavirus dashboard showed West Herts trust was looking after 149 Covid patients.