Mark Flett is a key part of the vaccination team ST HELENS has one of only three mass vaccination centres in the north west on its doorstep. The Totally Wicked Stadium is actually comprised of two vaccine clinics: the mass vaccination centre for anyone in the north west, located upstairs, and a GP-led clinic downstairs. Supply availability tends to dictate which vaccine patients receive. Downstairs, GPs usually give out the Pfizer vaccine as its fragility means it must be stored in a more specific way than the Oxford-AstraZeneca. But it very much depends on supply, says Jeanette Livings, senior communications and engagement manager at NHS St Helens CCG.
Dr Hilary Flett is leading on the St Helens GP vaccination programme EFFORTS to vaccinate the people of St Helens are on course to reach a major milestone this week. The primary care network-led arm of St Helens’ vaccination programme has been up and running since December, with GP practices working flat through the top four priority groups. Mass vaccination clinics, supported by an army of volunteers, are being held at Saints’ rugby stadium near almost every day, dependent on supplies. It is understood GPs are on course to deliver 25,000 Covid jabs by Wednesday, as they work their way through the over 70s and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals.