A virtual public meeting is to be held about the proposed merger of two Redruth GP practices later this summer. People are being given a new opportunity to have their say on the idea to join Manor Surgery and Clinton Road Surgery, which have around 17,000 registered patients combined. They want to hear local views to help shape their future – including what new services would help meet people’s clinical needs. Kernow Local Medical Committee said that under the plans continuity of care would continue, with patients seeing the same GPs and other frontline professionals they are familiar with. Existing services would be retained, and new ones – including some traditionally provided in hospitals – would be added.
Image via Kingston Hospital. NHS authorities in Surrey have released a map of all locations currently administering vaccinations against the Covid-19 virus in the county. Surrey Heartlands CCG posted the map online earlier this month to help those offered the vaccine find their most convenient location for the jab. It comes as the UK hits some 18,691,835 people to have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine to date according to government data. The total number of people who have received their second dose and a more complete protection from the virus stands at 700,718 so far.
Map via NHS Surrey Heartlands CCG
However, cases nationwide and across Oxfordshire remain high, and the daily deaths remain tragically high. I urge everyone to continue to follow the rules to keep everyone safe. Effective and efficient roll-out of the vaccine is crucial to putting us on a path out of this crisis. Analysis carried out by the Labour Party shows that every single week of the pandemic so far has cost the NHS £1 billion, the UK economy £5.3 billion and working people 23,000 jobs. This is why it is so important that we all come together to vaccinate Britain, to enable us to secure our economy, protect our NHS and rebuild our country.