COVID Vaccination Update – 13th January

Posted on January 13th, 2021

We are pleased to confirm that we are expecting a further delivery of Pfizer vaccines on Monday next week.  The Government has stipulated that this delivery must be used to provide 1st doses to our eligible population.

To this end we are planning to run COVID vaccine clinics on Tuesday 19th, Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21^st January at Winslow Health Centre.

Invitations to book your vaccines will be sent via text message in the first instance and then followed up by a phone call for those who do not show as having booked an appointment.  We will be targeting the remaining 80+ population before moving on to patients aged 75-79 years.

Please be aware that you should not book a COVID vaccine appointment if you have any symptoms of COVID, if you have tested positive for COVID within the last 4 weeks or if you have been advised to self-isolate/are awaiting a COVID result. Please stick to these rules to help keep our community safe.

We have enlisted the help of Bucks & Oxon Response Group to help with managing the traffic on Avenue Road and to support patients in being able to park at the Public Hall carpark and find their way safely to the Winslow Health Centre.  The surgery carpark will only be available for those with limited mobility. We are also pleased to have the support of Winslow Big Society Volunteers to help in directing and keeping patients safe.

Please do not arrive early for your appointment.  Due to the volumes of people we will be vaccinating each day and the need to maintain social distancing, there are likely to be queues outside the Health Centre and we would advise making provision for this (wheelchairs, warm coats, umbrellas etc).  The Pfizer vaccine requires each person to be observed for 15 minutes after they receive their vaccine so please be aware of this.

For those of you awaiting 2nd doses we have been instructed to administer these within 12 weeks of the 1st dose.  Please do not contact the surgery about this; we will be in touch with you to arrange an appointment as soon as we are able to.

Thank you for your continued patience.