Health and care leaders in Gloucestershire are urging people to follow new lockdown restrictions to save lives and protect the NHS. They have warned of rising hospital admissions and a potential surge in Covid-19 cases in the coming weeks. The NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group say over the last few weeks they have seen a rapid rise in the number of Covid-19 positive patients being admitted to hospitals around the county, with numbers 60 per cent higher than at the peak of the first wave. Chief executive of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Deborah Lee said: “NHS and care staff across Gloucestershire are doing an incredible job in the face of ever growing pressures and the efforts being made to keep essential services functioning are outstanding.
Health and care leaders in Gloucestershire are urging people to follow new lockdown restrictions to save lives and protect the NHS. They have warned of rising hospital admissions and a potential surge in Covid-19 cases in the coming weeks. The NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group say over the last few weeks they have seen a rapid rise in the number of Covid-19 positive patients being admitted to hospitals around the county, with numbers 60 per cent higher than at the peak of the first wave. Chief executive of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Deborah Lee said: “NHS and care staff across Gloucestershire are doing an incredible job in the face of ever growing pressures and the efforts being made to keep essential services functioning are outstanding.
COVID vaccinations have begun in the Cotswolds and a leading doctor says the aim is to give the older generation their freedom back. North Cotswold Hospital in Moreton in Marsh is among the centres where the vaccination is being administered to people aged 80 and over, with Cirencester Hospital also one of the sites. Dr Hywel Furn-Davies, GP and clinical director for North Cotswolds Primary Care Network (PCN), speaking on the first day of administering the Pfizer vaccine, said around 120 patients had received the jab so far that day. Dr Furn-Davies said the vaccine would give this generation their life back .
Rowcroft Medical Centre and Beeches Green Health Centre in Stroud has been named as two of Gloucestershire s community Covid-19 vaccination centres. GP practice teams, with the support of local partners including volunteers, will start vaccination of priority groups (over 80s) at the sites in the coming days, pending vaccine deliveries. Starting with people over 80, roll out of the vaccination programme will be expanded in the coming weeks and months to include other priority groups by age and people who are particularly vulnerable. People are being asked to wait for their GP surgery to contact them about local arrangements and timings.
Cirencester Hospital has been named as one of Gloucestershire s community Covid-19 vaccination centres. GP practice teams, with the support of local partners including volunteers, will start vaccination of priority groups (over 80s) at the sites in the coming days, pending vaccine deliveries. Starting with people over 80, roll out of the vaccination programme will be expanded in the coming weeks and months to include other priority groups by age and people who are particularly vulnerable. People are being asked to wait for their GP surgery to contact them about local arrangements and timings. Dr Andy Seymour, Clinical Chair at NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group, said: “It’s been an incredible effort to have reached this point with such a short lead in time.