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Update on Covid-19 vaccination campaign for those who have had the first vaccine - Friday 31st December 2020

Due to new advice from the UK Chief Medical Officers, we have been requested to cancel all appointments for second Covid-19 vaccinations that had been booked for the week commencing

4 January. The new medical advice is that the second dose of the vaccine remains effective when given up to 12 weeks after the first dose, and should be given towards the end of this 12 week period – by early March for those of our patients who have already received a first dose of the vaccine.

While you will need two doses of the vaccine to get the best long-term protection from the virus, you will still have significant protection at 22 days after you received the first dose. The new guidance will also help ensure that as many people as possible benefit from the first dose of the vaccine as soon as possible. Please be reassured that there are no safety concerns in the new guidance, and it will not impact on how effective the vaccination is in protecting you from Covid-19 once the course is complete.

Please do not phone the surgery to enquire about booking an appointment unless you have been contacted and asked to do so. We continue to operate as normal and our staff need to be able to answer calls from patients about routine and urgent issues not related to the vaccinations. We will be contacting all patients to book an appointment at the right time.

Health and Social Care workers

One outcome from the changes to the vaccination programme is that we are now being asked to book appointments for any of our patients who work in health or social care who are eligible to have the vaccination. We will be sending out a text message about this but, if you are entitled to the vaccination because of your occupation, please call the surgery from 10am on Monday 4th to book an appointment. This applies to those working in any health or social care setting.

For more information on the vaccine, please visit www.nhs.uk/covid-vaccination

Covid-19 Vaccinations - December 2020

The strict requirements for transporting, storing and administering vaccinations require that they can only be given from one approved site. For our Primay Care Network (PCN) this is Riverside Surgery in Evesham.

Our PCN comprises 7 GP practices – Riverside Surgery, Abbey Medical Practice, DeMontfort Surgery, Merstow Surgery, Grey Gables Surgery (Inkberrow) and Barn Close Surgery (Broadway). The available appointments for vaccinations are allocated in line with the patient populations of the 7 practices.

We are required to offer vaccinations in line with the groupings determined by the Joint Committee for Vaccinations and Immunisations (JCVI) so there is no scope to be flexible about this:

1. residents in a care home for older adults and their carers

2. all those 80 years of age and over and frontline health and social care workers

3. all those 75 years of age and over

4. all those 70 years of age and over and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals

5. all those 65 years of age and over

6. all individuals aged 16 years to 64 years with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk of serious disease and mortality

7. all those 60 years of age and over

8. all those 55 years of age and over

9. all those 50 years of age and over

Eligible patients will be contacted to arrange a time to attend. Please do not contact the surgery to request an appointment as phone lines are already busy and those most at risk will be contacted first. Patients with a previous history of adverse reactions or allergies must be reviewed by a clinician before they can be offered a vaccination.

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Dispensary information - PLEASE SEE THE NEWS TAB FOR MORE DETAILS

FOLLOW GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES and STAY AT HOME - if you or a member of your household has tested COVID positive or you are waiting for a COVID test result please DO NOT come to the surgery to collect medication. A representative OVER THE AGE of 16 can collect on your behalf. 

There are also volunteer groups in the community who you can contact to collect medication on your behalf