COMMUNITY mass vaccination of people in south Shropshire has started today. Doctors will be working together as a group of practices, from the Health and Wellbeing Centre in Church Stretton. The team will be made up of GPs, nurses, health care assistants and administrative staff from all practices in Ludlow, Church Stretton, Craven Arms, Clun and Bishops Castle. However they will still be running their normal practice surgeries. The first cohort of patients will be the over 80s. They will be receiving the Pfizer vaccine. This cannot move from the site in Church Stretton to where it is being delivered and this is why appointments might be there instead of the normal GP practice.
Dodge the masses in Cornwall and try these overlooked options
14 April 2021 • 12:23pm
This summer, take the opportunity to explore the lesser visited corners of Britain and find out what you ve been missing out on
Demand for UK holidays is likely to be at an all-time high this year, with questions still surrounding how much international travel will be possible this summer. The good news is that self-catering accommodation has officially reopened in England, so holidays on home turf are finally back on the menu after a four-month hiatus.
A report by the Rest Easy Group the week of April 12 confirmedthat 98 per cent of properties in Cornwall across its platforms were already booked for opening week – with Devon and Yorkshire also close to full capacity.
Credit: John Cairns/University of Oxford
SIR – You report that, out of the 40,000 retired doctors and nurses who applied in March to return, 30,000 were eligible but only 5,000 were given jobs by July.
We also read of venues, from racecourses to conference centres, offering space for jabs to be administered – and being ignored.
The NHS’s bureaucracy will delay the vaccination programme. While it insists that it can cope, it is all too apparent that every single resource must be used if the millions of vaccinations required are to be achieved.
Lavender Buckland
SIR – I don’t understand why it has been made so difficult for retired doctors and health professionals to participate in the vaccination programme, as performing an injection isn’t that difficult.
Dec 21, 2020
Part of Frankwell car park in Shrewsbury was closed on Monday to allow for flood barriers to be installed along the River Severn.
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Flooding at Atcham, near Shrewsbury
Flooding at Atcham, near Shrewsbury
Road closed by flooding at Atcham, near Shrewsbury
Flooding at Atcham, near Shrewsbury
Flooding at Atcham, near Shrewsbury
Flooding at Atcham, near Shrewsbury
Flooding at Atcham, near Shrewsbury
Flooding at Atcham, near Shrewsbury
Flooding at Atcham, near Shrewsbury
Flooding at Atcham, near Shrewsbury
Flooding at Atcham, near Shrewsbury
Flooding at Atcham, near Shrewsbury
Flooding at Atcham, near Shrewsbury
Footpaths along the Severn have been closed for several days after the river burst its banks and around 160 spaces are now out of action at the Riverside car park in Frankwell.