Lambert Medical Centre , NHS GP in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 1LU

Covid Booster programme

Eight Hambleton GP practices will work together again to deliver the Covid booster programme from Tuesday 5th October at the old Northallerton school & Sixth Form College site in Northallerton in a similar way to the initial vaccine programme which we successfully ran earlier in the year.

This will include our flu programme, enabling co-administration of the vaccines as per the national advice. We won’t be running the Saturday clinics from the surgery.

We will also be able to provide vaccines to those who still need their 1^st / 2^nd doses, and for those who are severely immunosuppressed that now require a 3^rd dose to complete their initial course.

We will follow the JCVI cohorts 1-9 for the booster programme, vaccinating our most vulnerable patients first. If you have received a letter or text from the Mass Vaccination Centres you can book this directly with them or wait until we invite you if you would prefer to attend in Northallerton.

You will receive a text message, telephone call or letter when it is your turn. You will be able to have both vaccines at the same time.

Please don’t contact the surgery, we are awaiting further details and will provide more information shortly.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

*IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PATIENTS*

Throughout the pandemic we have and will continue to strive to make the surgery as safe as possible for all our patients and staff.

From the 19th July nothing will change at the Lambert Medical Centre – patients will need to still wear a mask, socially distance and use hand sanitiser in the surgery and staff will continue to wear PPE.

We do understand that it can be frustrating but we know that when people come to us they are sick and vulnerable (and some cannot receive the Covid vaccinations due to medical reasons) so we feel it would be wrong to not take these small precautions that can protect people.

If you refuse to wear a mask, please be advised that you may be asked to attend the surgery when it is empty or you may be seen outside.

We are seeing a dramatic increase in positive Covid cases, especially in the younger age groups, however we also have patients in the older groups who have been double jabbed who are testing positive therefore the pandemic is not over and we cannot be complacent.

The Lambert Medical Centre has come so far in trying to minimise the impact of Covid and we are sure you understand that we need to keep the surgery as safe for ALL patients and staff as we can.

Thank you.

Testing

Please may we remind you that if you have any Covid symptoms, you should get a PCR test. A negative Lateral Flow test does not exclude Covid.

Get tested for coronavirus (COVID-19) – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

The main symptoms of the Delta Variant of Covid are

Headache

Sore Throat

Runny nose

-You and your household must follow the isolation guidance.

Lateral flow tests are only for screening purposes if you are not symptomatic. If you get a positive result from a lateral flow test you should immediately isolate and book a PCR test via the Government website or by ringing 119.

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