• Medway FT and University Hospitals of Leicester Trust both on list
  • Join 50 sites which started giving vaccine this week

Ten more hospitals are to start giving the Pfizer covid vaccine, including two in coronavirus ‘hot spots’.

HSJ reported on Monday that trusts in Medway and Leicestershire — which both have high covid rates in their catchment areas — had been included in an earlier list of vaccine hospital hubs, but were left off the final list of sites which started delivering the vaccine this week.

The initial 50 sites have been administering the vaccine to top priority groups, including those aged over 80 and care home staff. Some NHS staff at higher risk of serious illness from covid have also been given the vaccine. 

The Pfizer vaccine needs to be stored at very low temperatures and used within a limited time. 

The 10 new sites are:

  • Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust;
  • Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust;
  • Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust;
  • East Lancashire Hospitals Trust;
  • Manchester University Foundation Trust;
  • Medway Foundation Trust;
  • Royal Devon and Exeter Trust;
  • University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust;
  • University Hospitals of Leicester Trust; and
  • Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust.

 

2021 HSJ Patient Safety Congress and Awards

The Patient Safety Congress, taking place on 12-13 July 2021, brings together over 1,000 people with the shared aim of transforming patient safety. It draws together contributions from patient speakers, safety experts from healthcare and other safety critcal industries, and frontline innovators, to challenge and drive forward on patient safety. You will be part of influential conversations with those responsible for driving the new national strategy on patient safety and take away real solutions that you can adopt to improve outcomes where you work.

Source

NHS England press release 

Source Date

December 2020 

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