Michael Butler, staff member at Hollyfields and Ivy House Care Homes in Kidderminster, receives the first dose of the Covid vaccine HOUSEBOUND residents and people in their early 70s in Wyre Forest are being contacted to receive the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine as local GP practices make their way down the cohort priority list set out by the government. As of January 19, GP surgeries under the Wyre Forest Health Partnership had administered just under 8,000 Covid-19 jabs to people in the over-80s and over-75s categories, including all eligible care home residents. Over-70s are next on the list, as well as people who are classed as housebound, meaning doctors' surgery staff will now be tasked with arranging for those residents to receive the first dose in their homes.