Posts Tagged ‘vaccinations’
NHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) encourages patients to get their winter vaccinations
While a lot of people have come forward for their COVID-19 booster vaccination when they have been offered it this winter, there has been a lower uptake in the flu vaccination programme in North Yorkshire. Flu, short for influenza, is a common infectious viral illness spread by coughs and sneezes. It can prove fatal for…
Read MoreCOVID vaccinations at Harrogate’s Yorkshire Events Centre draw to a close
The GP-led COVID vaccination programme at the Yorkshire Events Centre (YEC) in Harrogate has drawn to a close, six months after the first jab was given. More than 117,000 vaccines have been administered from the centre by an enthusiastic army of clinicians and volunteers. Doctors’ leaders in the Harrogate district say they are “immensely proud”…
Read MoreCOVID vaccination clinics: CCG thanks council highways teams for ‘vital’ support
The North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum (NYLRF), which represents the county’s key agencies tackling the COVID virus, is ensuring roads and pavements around vaccine centres are gritted. Heavy snowfall and widespread ice was prevalent in parts of the county during vaccination clinics last weekend. In the last few days Storm Christoph has brought significant rainfall…
Read MoreNHS urges public to get essential vaccines despite coronavirus outbreak
NHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is urging people to attend all regular vaccination appointments to prevent outbreaks of serious diseases and reduce pressure on the health service. The NHS is continuing to help people to manage illness linked to coronavirus, but is still urging parents to bring children forward for lifesaving jabs to stop…
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