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Staff from the Leeds & York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust started vaccinating people on a special bus today (23 March 2021) in an attempt to protect people in low uptake areas across Leeds. The vaccination bus programme is a partnership between the NHS, Leeds City Council and local voluntary and
The Directors of Public Health in West Yorkshire are urging people not to be put off from having the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, which they say is not only safe but playing an important role in saving lives. Some European countries have paused the use of the vaccine as a precautionary
A quarter of million people (251,050) in Leeds have now had their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Simon Cluderay, Senior Manager and Operational Lead for the Covid-19 Vaccination Programme for Leeds, said: “Hitting the quarter of million mark is a fantastic achievement for the city of Leeds. We are
Everyone aged 60 and over across the North East and Yorkshire who has yet had their first coronavirus vaccine dose will get their invitation this week, the NHS has announced. Almost two million letters will hit doormats across the country from Monday 1 March 2021 as the NHS vaccination programme,
Cllr Judith Blake is stepping down as the Leader of Leeds City Council following her appointment to the House of Lords. I have had the privilege of working with Judith over many years in her roles both as a Middleton Ward councillor and as Council Leader and I just want
NHS worker’s message to the South Asian community An NHS worker has joined the drive to encourage members of the city’s diverse communities to come forward and have their vaccine when invited to do so after seeing his mum get protected. Ali Aslam who works for the NHS, has issued
Major new measures launched to help get residents to and from their vaccination appointments As the mass vaccination programme rolls out, the West Yorkshire Combined Authority has announced several important measures to assist local people in getting to community vaccination centres by public transport, including the introduction of free travel to
More care home residents and vulnerable people in Leeds will be offered protection against Covid-19, as the new Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine starts to be rolled out to GP-centres. Local GPs are working together to provide vaccinations to as many care home residents and patients aged 80 as possible. In Leeds,
Thousands of primary school pupils in South Leeds will be eligible for the flu vaccine this winter, as the national flu vaccination programme for children is extended to children in school years one and two for the first time. For the first time, children aged two to six years-old will
‘Be a flu fighter’ urge Leeds City Council and local NHS Keith Senior, former Leeds Rhinos star and current ambassador for the Leeds Rugby Foundation, and Ronnie the Rhino got behind the city’s ‘be a flu fighter’ campaign launched by Leeds City Council and the local NHS at the Trinity