Former patients, the local community and stakeholders of Victoria Park Medical Centre are invited to attend a series of drop-in engagement events

Former patients and stakeholders who represent the local community are being invited to attend a series of engagement events in October, which will discuss the future of the Victoria Park Medical Centre site as well as individuals’ experiences of accessing GP services since the centre closed. In August 2021, the very difficult decision to close…

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NHS Somerset begins Covid-19 Booster Vaccination Campaign

The NHS has started delivering Covid booster jabs to people in eligible groups in Somerset, as the biggest and most successful vaccination programme in health service history moves to the next stage. Eligible people, who had their second Covid jab at least six months ago, are starting to be invited by national letter and text…

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Want to hear the CCGs findings from their engagement on the early thinking about the about future community health and care services for people in Somerset?

The CCG want to support the health and wellbeing of all of the people of Somerset, by changing the way health and care services in the county are delivered. As part of this work, in Spring 2020 members of the public were invited to consider an emerging model of community care and same day urgent…

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16 or 17? Grab a jab now, over our Big Push weekend and join the 8 million people already vaccinated in the South West

Over eight million vaccinations have now been given in the South West, and 16 and 17 year olds are being encouraged to #Grab-a-Jab at walk in clinics across the area.  The NHS locally is encouraging all young people to protect themselves, their loved ones, and their local community by getting their jab today – and get back…

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Swapping the skies for scrubs – Jamie’s story

Jamie Wilson, 27, has been helping to deliver vaccinations at the vaccination centre at the Bath & West Showground. However, Jamie’s background is quite different from what you may imagine. A newly-trained airline pilot, Jamie was made redundant in December 2020, straight after landing his first job with Royal Brunei Airlines. He came to work…

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