New covid-19 vaccine hub for east Cleveland shelved as new jabs meet demand
Concerns had been raised over the distance some isolated residents may have to travel but health chiefs says vaccines can be delivered by the existing GP network
15:28, 17 FEB 2021
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PLANS for a potential new covid-19 vaccination ‘hub’ in east Cleveland have been shelved as there is no longer the demand for it. Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland MP Simon Clarke and Councillor Mary Lanigan, leader of Redcar and Cleveland Council, had been in talks with health officials after concerns about the distance residents in the furthermost reaches of the borough were having to travel to receive jabs. But sufficient capacity has been provided through individual GP surgeries to the local population, including those in care homes and the housebound, to deem such a move unnecessary. In the early stages of the vaccine roll-out Guisborough’s The Garth surgery was the main location for vaccination appointments with Cllr Lanigan stating it was unrealistic for elderly and vulnerable people in outlying towns and villages to travel there in the worst of the winter weather.
More than one in 10 care home staff decline covid-19 jab in part of Teesside
More than 200 workers turned down the vaccine according to the latest data
06:00, 28 JAN 2021
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More than one in ten care home workers across Stockton had declined covid jabs as of last week.
FIGURES have shown more than one in ten care home workers across Stockton had declined covid jabs as of last week. Vaccines are being rolled out across Teesside in an effort to give jabs to the top four priority groups by February 15. Data from Stockton Council showed the take up at care homes across the borough had seen 88% of residents jabbed with just 2% declining a vaccine up to January 21. However, statistics showed 11% of home staff had turned down a covid vaccine up to that date – a total of 225 workers. Having the vaccine is a choice – and health leaders have warned people may still be able to spread the illness after they’ve received a jab anyway.