A HOTEL in Winchester has begun welcoming patients to receive the Covid vaccination. The Winchester Rural, North and East Primary Care Network has set up in the Holiday Inn, in Telegraph Way, as the roll out of the biggest vaccination programme in NHS history continues. Today (Tuesday) MP Steve Brine visited the hub and spoke to staff about how the facility will operate. Following the first 26 sites across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight successfully starting over the last couple of weeks, the new sites will be taking delivery of the vaccine, and starting their clinics. Dr Nigel Watson, GP and clinical lead for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Covid-19 Vaccination Programme, said: “It has been great that we have been able to get the vast majority of our GP-led sites up and running so quickly. Clinics are going really well with lots of our patients and staff saying how smoothly things have run.
THE roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccination programme in Fordingbridge will start this week. Another 10 GP-led services across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight will start vaccinating patients over the next couple days, as the roll out of the biggest vaccination programme in NHS history continues. The Fordingbridge Hospital site has been chosen as a location for vaccination clinics. Dr Nigel Watson, GP and clinical lead for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Covid-19 Vaccination Programme, said: “It has been great that we have been able to get the vast majority of our GP-led sites up and running so quickly. Clinics are going really well with lots of our patients and staff saying how smoothly things have run.