Latest Covid-19 news from across Lancashire and South Cumbria
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Hundreds invited to new NHS vaccination centre in Burnley
Posted: 16th February 2021Hundreds of people aged 65 and over and those who are clinically vulnerable are being invited to book a coronavirus vaccination at a new NHS larger scale vaccination centre in Burnley town centre.
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A message to teachers and early years practitioners
Posted: 14th February 2021Please be assured that the essential service you are all providing during this ongoing pandemic is vital and appreciated. However, at this time you are not yet eligible for the covid-19 vaccination.
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Eligibility of vaccinations to frontline health and adult social care workforce
Posted: 13th February 2021Vaccine supply remains constrained and we must do all we can to protect the most vulnerable. Vulnerability to serious illness and death is extremely strongly linked to advancing age. The national Covid-19 Vaccination Booking System has opened up to…
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Call for people aged 70 and over to contact NHS for a Covid Jab
Posted: 9th February 2021People aged 70 and over who have not yet been vaccinated against Covid and who would like to be are today being asked to contact the NHS to arrange a jab.
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More community pharmacies come on board to support the Lancashire and South Cumbria vaccine roll-out
Posted: 5th February 2021NHS staff will be delivering life-saving Covid-19 jabs at a network of more than nine vaccination sites across Lancashire when six more services open their doors this week.
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Community pharmacies come on board as Lancashire and South Cumbria steps up Covid-19 vaccine roll-out
Posted: 25th January 2021Delivery of life-saving Covid-19 jabs will begin today at three new vaccine sites in Lancashire and South Cumbria to be run by popular high street community pharmacies – as the NHS accelerates the biggest vaccination programme in its history.
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UHMBT vaccinates first colleague with new Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Posted: 5th January 2021University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT) has become one of the first trusts across the country to start vaccinating using the new Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine today, (Monday 4 January 2021), with Hilary…
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Clitheroe GP practices bring hope to the Ribble Valley – with the launch of the Covid vaccine programme
Posted: 31st December 2020The first local vaccination services run by family doctors and their teams have opened in Clitheroe this week, as the roll out of the biggest vaccination programme in NHS history gains further momentum.
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A further five local vaccination services have opened across Lancashire and South Cumbria
Posted: 30th December 2020GP practices in Blackpool, Clitheroe, Preston, Kirkby Lonsdale, and Rawtenstall have started to take delivery of the vaccine, with their first clinics starting from Tuesday 29 December. This brings the total of local vaccination sites, run by family…
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Nurse Jane feels honoured to be first member of staff at UHMBT to have COVID-19 vaccination
Posted: 23rd December 2020A ‘lovely early Christmas present’ and ‘an honour’ is how Registered Nurse, Jane Brown, described her experience of being the first member of staff at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT) to receive the PfizerBioNTech…