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"A huge thank you to everyone who answered my call for volunteers to work at the Three Counties Vaccination centre," Coun Wells said on Saturday (February 27). "Just four days ago, on Wednesday February 24, I attended a meeting regarding the immediate opening next Tuesday, March 2 of the mass vaccination centre at The Three Counties Showground. "The hold-up had been access to sufficient vaccine supply. That is now resolved. "In just three days, I have been able to put together a shift rota involving 56 volunteers to cover the 12 hour day, seven days a week operation. "That was a cha...

DOZENS of volunteers have come forward in response to a plea for helpers at the county’s new coronavirus vaccine hub. The opening of the hub had been delayed due to insufficient supplies of the vaccine - but when the call came that the supply issue was resolved, organisers pulled out all the stops to get the centre staffed within a few days. Cllr Tom Wells was asked to co-ordinate volunteers for the new Three Counties Showground vaccine site and said he was overwhelmed with the response. In four days, 56 people came forward, with that number set to be doubled as vaccinations at the ...

DOZENS of volunteers have come forward in response to a plea for helpers at the county’s new coronavirus vaccine hub. The opening of the hub had been delayed due to insufficient supplies of the vaccine - but when the call came that the supply issue was resolved, organisers pulled out all the stops to get the centre staffed within a few days. Cllr Tom Wells was asked to co-ordinate volunteers for the new Three Counties Showground vaccine site and said he was overwhelmed with the response. In four days, 56 people came forward, with that number set to be doubled as vaccinations at the ...

The Three Counties Showground, based in Malvern, Worcestershire, plans to open next week and is the fourth vaccination centre to open across the two counties. This is another significant milestone in the growing vaccination programme across Herefordshire and Worcestershire following the opening of the Artrix Theatre in Bromsgrove, which opened in January and St Peter’s Baptist Church in Worcester and Elgar House in Hereford opening last month. The site at the Three Counties is being run by SW Healthcare and plans to begin vaccinations from Tuesday 2 March. SW Healthcare, who also run ...

Dr Gemma Moore, GP and clinical director for SW Healthcare, said: “This vaccination centre will further increase our local capacity to deliver Covid-19 vaccines, building upon the success of our GP-led teams and those at the other centres in delivering this programme so quickly across the two counties. “These have been instrumental in helping us to introduce the vaccine in Herefordshire and Worcestershire so far, and we look forward to continuing to drive this programme forward. “We will be inviting patients based on the Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) prio...