GP practices in the Vale of York have been working with local housing services and community providers to ensure that homeless people have been able to access the Covid-19 vaccine. The targeted vaccination programme has been led by NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), with practices based in York and Selby vaccinating people in their temporary place of residence, including rough sleeper accommodation. York Medical Group and Scott Road Medical Centre, based in York and Selby respectively, have been vaccinating homeless people against the virus as part of the national roll out to ensure that as many people as possible are able to get the vaccine.
Selby Summit Indoor Adventure Centre has bene turned into a Covid-19 vaccination centre. Hundreds of patients have received a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at a new vaccination centre for Selby. Summit Indoor Adventure Centre which has been closed since March due to coronavirus restrictions has been converted into a vaccination hub. Run by Selby Town Primary Care Network to serve a population of nearly 50,000 people, it opened to its first patients last Friday. About 1,800 people in the over-70s age group received a dose of the vaccine across two clinics held at the newly-converted children s adventure centre on Friday and Saturday.