A new large vaccination centre will open for the North-East and North Cumbria on Thursday, May 13 A SEVENTH large vaccination centre for the region will open this week. The facility at Hexham Mart, Northumberland, becomes operatoinal on Thursday, May 13 and joins the six large vaccination centres which are at Newcastle’s Centre for Life, the NHS Nightingale Hospital North East at Sunderland, the Arnison Centre in Durham, Darlington Arena, The Riverside Stadium at Middlesbrough and the Auction Mart at Penrith. These large centres operate in conjunction with local vaccination services run by groups of GPs working together in Primary Care Networks and services offered by some community pharmacies.