Please see information below regarding Coronavirus and dedicated page on Coronavirus for full details

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Please click on the link below to register for online access for prescription requests, checking your results, etc.

https://systmonline.tpp-uk.com/2/help/help.html

Please click on video above for information about important changes to Thistlemoor's Service relating to the Coronavirus pandemic. Please see the Coronavirus page for this video in different languages.

COVID-19 Vaccination programme: Pfizer Second Dose

Second dose Pfizer vaccines. This information is also on our Facebook Page.

Just a reminder that we are putting on clinics for the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine for patients (Central, Thistlemoor and Wisbech) as well as health and social care staff that we immunised back in January with Pfizer.

First tranche of Three tranches is full booked. We will be releasing further appointments for Tranche 2. This will be for Wednesday and Thursday after the Easter bank holiday

Learning from booking the First Tranche - is that some patients for Astra Zeneca vaccine were booked in - this clinic is only for the Pfizer Vaccine so please do not attend if you need your second AZ vaccine - we will do separate clinics for this. We are checking this as best we can.

We look forward to seeing you on site to help protect you, your family and the community.

General:

We will be due further Pfizer vaccines for our Central Medical Centre, Thistlemoor Medical Centre and Wisbech patients as well as health, social care and frontline staff that we immunised with Pfizer vaccine back in January.

The deliveries are controlled by the NHS and we are finalising exactly when they will be coming. There is unlikely to be a lot of notice unfortunately, nor a lot of choice in times. This is a by-product of the delivery issue, short shelf life for Pfizer, and the volume of vaccine received in each go. Specifically there is unlikely to be a lot of different days to pick from to have the vaccine, but hopefully if you respond quickly to the opportunity to book you will have choice in the time of day.

Some people will be coming from London, Essex and Ely - we would suggest that you pick earlier or late morning appointments rather than end of the day. In some centres people have been left without vaccines at the end of the day - we will obviously do our best to manage this but difficult to predict events can happen which can affect our ability to vaccinate you. If you are local and this situation happens - we will be able to get you back another day which is hopefully less frustrating then if you have travelled from London!

The first tranche is likely to be this coming week (most likely Thursday and Friday). With 2 further tranches the following week ie after the bank holiday.

Once this is confirmed - we will be inviting the 3 groups of over 1,100 patients in the same order as they were vaccinated the first time round.

If you booked via a link (and we have access to your mobile number which will be the vast majority of you) then in the same way you will be able to book in again. If we manually booked you (which is more likely if you are a thistlemoor or central patient without a mobile number) then we will contact you. We will also track to see if the people we expect to book in do and if not will contact you.

We know it’s a worrying time waiting for your second vaccine, as we are, but we will get there. Hopefully this should all be concluded in the next 2 and a half weeks.

We had lots of positivity the first time round in January and are hoping for the same this time around.

Immunising 600 people a day on our site, whilst also delivering care to nearly 30k patients, with a myriad of other services also on site will of course be challenging, with congestion, but we understand how important this is for yourself, your families and the community. The weather will hopefully be a bit better this time round too!

Thanks in advance for your patience,goodwill and grace during this period.

A big thanks also to our clinical and support teams at Central Medical Centre and Thistlemoor who will be working doing their day jobs as well as this work to facilitate the vaccine programme including weekends and bank holidays.

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We are currently working hard to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible patients in the priority groups, at the same time as providing care to all those who need it.

The public have an important part to play to help us do this:

If you are over 50 or in the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable group (also known as the shielding group) please contact us as we would like to offer you the vaccine.

• when we do contact you, please attend your booked appointments

• and please continue to follow all the guidance to control the virus and save lives.

There are also a number of national vaccination sites that are opening and patients may receive a letter from the national NHS Covid-19 Vaccination Booking Service inviting you to book an appointment at one of these vaccination centres. If you receive a letter and are able to travel to the vaccination centre safely, we recommend that you book using the details the letter provides.

Please be aware that while we deliver Covid-19 vaccinations some of our routine clinics and appointments may need to be postponed or rearranged. We will contact you directly if this impacts you – please do not contact the surgery. If you do not hear from us, please attend your booked appointment.

Our practice remains open and you can still contact the surgery for any medical concerns you may have.

For medical advice outside of surgery hours, please contact NHS 111 on the telephone or online via 111.nhs.uk.

You can find out more about the COVID-19 vaccination programme, including frequently asked questions and patient information leaflets here https://www.cambridgeshireandpeterboroughccg.nhs.uk/news-and-events/latest-news/covid-19-national-vaccination-programme/.