UPDATE: SAT 1st MAY
from Dr Crockett of Peninsula Practice —
"We have received confirmation that our Vaccine Programme …
will receive supplies of Pfizer to start … vaccinating all those under 50 years.
The dates of these immediate clinics will be 11th May, 15th May and 16th May.
Invitations will start to go out on the 4th May."
You can watch her video, or read a transcript, by clicking on the first blue link below.
"In these next weeks, all people over 50 will continue to receive invitations —
that is, people in cohorts 7, 8 & 9".
Peninsula patients should click here for Dr Crockett's latest video Update (plus transcript).
ALSO, DON'T FORGET THAT SNAPE GOOD NEIGHBOUR SCHEME
ARE OFFERING LIFTS TO COVID VACCINATION SESSIONS,
WHETHER IN SAXMUNDHAM, LEISTON OR WOODBRIDGE.
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UPDATE ON MONDAY 1st MARCH —
Peninsula Practice and Wickham Market Medical Centre patients should be aware that
"the Suffolk GP Federation have been sending invites to Cohorts 6 and 7 —
Cohort 6 group includes those people between 16 and 65 years of age …
broadly speaking this is those eligible for the flu vaccine every year",
whilst Cohort 7 comprises 60-year-olds and over.
UPDATE ON THURSDAY 18th FEBRUARY —
Peninsula Practice and Wickham Market Medical Centre patients should be aware that
the next cohorts of patients are being invited for Covid vaccination.
These include carers and 'at risk' patients aged 16-65.
You can read and/or download the Suffolk GP Federation's "Cohort 6 Update" here.
UPDATE ON TUESDAY 16th FEBRUARY —
Yesterday and today, the Peninsula Practice issued
further updates which can be seen on our dedicated webpage.
UPDATE ON TUESDAY, 19th JANUARY AT 09:35 —
Latest guidance from each of the local GP practices is available here.
UPDATE ON MONDAY, 18th JANUARY AT 16:45
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Over-80s with a mobile phone have been urged to keep their devices turned on — so they can receive text messages inviting them for an all-important coronavirus vaccine.
Suffolk Coastal MP Dr Thérèse Coffey had raised fears that some people in their 80s and 90s in the Aldeburgh and Woodbridge areas were being overlooked for a jab, while those aged in their 70s in other areas were getting invites.
However, she has since been assured everyone in the top two groups should get an invitation to book a vaccination within the next 24 hours.
She said, "That will come as a text to a mobile phone or by letter. I have been speaking to the Suffolk Federation of GP Practices, and I've been assured that everyone will be getting an invitation by one of those two methods.
"I was concerned that those who don't have a mobile could miss out, that we could have a digital divide — but I've been assured now that everyone will be contacted. If you do have a mobile phone, keep it switched on." ©EADT
IF YOU'RE NOT REGISTERED WITH A GP: The vaccination advice on the Government website states that "You will ... need to be registered with a GP surgery in England, [and] you can register with a GP if you do not have one" by clicking this link.
SNAPE GOOD NEIGHBOUR SCHEME, beyond their existing support during the pandemic, can offer lifts to anyone in the Village or in/by the Maltings who is called in for their Covid-19 vaccinations, once there is confidence that both the volunteer drivers and the resident are Covid-free, and that the Safeguarding Policy is being followed. It is best that members of the household or any "support bubble" provide the transport, but the Good Neighbours can cover when that is impractical for some reason. You can read more about the arrangements here. Co-operation with Peninsula Practice is already agreed, and contact has been made with Saxmundham Health.
Incidentally, Sizewell Sports & Social Club, listed as a vaccination centre by EADT last week, is serving Leiston Surgery patients.\