Vaccine will be rolled out to residents in care homes with more than 50 beds
The move was outlined at a meeting on Tuesday and involved NHS England
It is understood the vaccine batches are being broken down into doses of 75
Sunrise of Westbourne in Bournemouth due to receive vaccine on Christmas Eve
Comes as figures show UK is leading the way for handing out Covid-19 vaccines
Vaccine âto be rolled out to care homes with 50-plus bedsâ in England
The programme follows a pilot which started last Wednesday where the jab was taken to a small number of care homes
Kirstie McCrum
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Pfizer vaccine to be rolled out to care homes with more than 50 beds
It is believed the roll-out will come over the next few weeks
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A CHRISTCHURCH charity, which supports underprivileged children and families in financially difficult, has been donated £1,500 by J.P. Morgan to buy presents for youngsters across the conurbation. Ashley’s Birthday Bank, which was set up in December 2014, distributed Christmas and birthday presents to neglected children on a Christchurch housing estate before becoming a registered charity in April 2015. The recent donation will mean that the charity can help to allocate gifts to young people and their families across Christchurch, Poole, Bournemouth and surrounding areas. Anna Selby, one of the trustees of the charity, said: ““Being able to organise the giving out of Christmas presents was one of the main reasons we formed the charity in the first place.