Mandy Dean, director of commercial Vehicles at Ford of Britain said: “Over the coming weeks, this Ford Transit will make some incredibly important journeys as a vaccination van. “Working with the NHS and community leaders to deliver this brilliant scheme and bolster the exemplary vaccine rollout, has been a privilege. Full credit is due to our conversion partners at Venari Group, who continue to work with us to make thousands of life-saving vehicles for the emergency services every year.” The NHS and partners across the Mid and South Essex Health and Care Partnership will liaise with community leaders and groups to fill pre-booked appointments to rally and vaccinate as many people from the local communities as possible.
Mandy Dean, director of commercial Vehicles at Ford of Britain said: “Over the coming weeks, this Ford Transit will make some incredibly important journeys as a vaccination van. “Working with the NHS and community leaders to deliver this brilliant scheme and bolster the exemplary vaccine rollout, has been a privilege. Full credit is due to our conversion partners at Venari Group, who continue to work with us to make thousands of life-saving vehicles for the emergency services every year.” The NHS and partners across the Mid and South Essex Health and Care Partnership will liaise with community leaders and groups to fill pre-booked appointments to rally and vaccinate as many people from the local communities as possible.
Mandy Dean, director of commercial Vehicles at Ford of Britain said: “Over the coming weeks, this Ford Transit will make some incredibly important journeys as a vaccination van. “Working with the NHS and community leaders to deliver this brilliant scheme and bolster the exemplary vaccine rollout, has been a privilege. Full credit is due to our conversion partners at Venari Group, who continue to work with us to make thousands of life-saving vehicles for the emergency services every year.” The NHS and partners across the Mid and South Essex Health and Care Partnership will liaise with community leaders and groups to fill pre-booked appointments to rally and vaccinate as many people from the local communities as possible.
Piers Meyler, Local Democracy Reporter
Published:
9:00 AM May 8, 2021
Essex County Council has heard concerns about fitness levels
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An Essex doctor has spoken of the urgency of addressing falling fitness levels following a year of lockdown.
The major impact the pandemic has had on physical activity levels across Essex and the urgent need to bring about a county-wide post-Covid upsurge in physical activity has sparked the need to expedite the development of ‘Fit for the Future’ – a new physical activity scheme being promoted by Essex County Council.
Ronan Fenton, medical director for Mid and South Essex Health and Care Partnership, told ECC’s health and wellbeing board on Wednesday, April 28 of concerns among doctors around how falling “conditioning” is leading to wider physical problems.
NHS to deliver vaccines to low-uptake communities in a Ford van
Jahirur Rahmn, aged 62, from Essex, receives the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine inside a tailored Ford Transit, as the car manufacturer partners with the NHS in Essex to bring mobile Covid-19 vaccination vehicles to vulnerable communities, Essex. Thursday May 6, 2021. (Photo: John Nguyen/PA Wire)
Ford and the NHS in Essex have joined forces with local health leaders to roll out a vaccine drive using a tailored Transit van to deliver jabs.
Despite the UK’s successful vaccine rollout, vaccine uptake is lower among some communities facing access challenges, which the vaccine drive seeks to tackle.