Over 50,000 people have now received Covid-19 vaccinations in Northumberland and North Tyneside
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Over 46,000 people have received jabs via NHS Northumberland and NHS North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) which have been working closely with Primary Care Networks (groups of local GP practices).
This includes care home residents and staff, over 80s and health and care staff.
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Hide AdNorthumbria Healthcare NHS Trust has also vaccinated more than 5,300 people including its staff and other health and social care staff.
Richard Hay, head of planning and operations at Northumberland CCG, said: “There has been an amazing, positive response from Northumberland GPs delivering this life-saving medication.
"This is an incredibly fast-moving programme which changes daily and I cannot speak highly enough of all the teams’ resilience and dedication at this time and for all of their efforts in keeping people safe.
“At the moment we don’t have a constant supply of vaccines but our Primary Care Networks are booking appointments for patients as soon as we receive notification of deliveries and are making sure vaccines are administered to patients as quickly as possible.”
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Hide AdAlistair Blair, medical director at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and GP partner at Wellway Medical Group, said: “This is a very exciting time and a pivotal moment in the fight against COVID-19.
"The health system across Northumberland has truly demonstrated excellent partnership working and it has taken a monumental effort from a huge amount of people.
"It is fantastic that tens of thousands of people across Northumberland now have protection against this awful disease. I know we would all have done even more, had supplies allowed.”
GP practices are working together and with community, mental health, social care, pharmacy, hospital and voluntary services as part of Primary Care Networks to meet the healthcare needs of their local areas.
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Hide AdThe NHS would like to remind people not to call their GP surgeries or other parts of the NHS to enquire about their appointment. People will be invited to attend an appointment.
If you have received an invitation letter for a Covid-19 vaccination at the Centre for Life in Newcastle, but are unable to travel or would prefer to have it locally, you can. However, you will need to wait for your local invitation.
The vaccination figures are up to January 15.