Cirencester and Moreton in Marsh GP-led vaccination services are contacting over 65s to invite them for the Covid-19 vaccine. Residents and staff in the top four priority groups in Gloucestershire have now been offered a vaccination and over 160,000 people have received their first dose. This includes people aged 70 and over, people in care homes, the clinically extremely vulnerable and frontline health and care workers. The next priority group currently being invited to vaccinate includes over 65s and 16-64 year-olds with underlying health conditions. “What has been achieved across Gloucestershire is truly extraordinary,” said Dr Andy Seymour, clinical chair of NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group.
COVID vaccinations have begun in the Cotswolds and a leading doctor says the aim is to give the older generation their freedom back. North Cotswold Hospital in Moreton in Marsh is among the centres where the vaccination is being administered to people aged 80 and over, with Cirencester Hospital also one of the sites. Dr Hywel Furn-Davies, GP and clinical director for North Cotswolds Primary Care Network (PCN), speaking on the first day of administering the Pfizer vaccine, said around 120 patients had received the jab so far that day. Dr Furn-Davies said the vaccine would give this generation their life back .