Covid vaccinations set to begin in Fleetwood tomorrow

The sessions are taking place in the Health and Wellbeing Centre on Dock Street and are being run by the contract holder, O'Briens Pharmacy, in partnership with Fleetwood's GP practices.

.Around 800 local residents and frontline staff have been invited to their appointments.

The vaccination hub is the first one dedicated for Fleetwood, although more than 1,300 people from the town have already been vaccinated at clinics elsewhere, such as those at Wyre Civic Centre in Poulton and at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.

There have been initial concerns from some Fleetwood residents that the town did not have its own dedicated hub, while those in Poulton and Thornton have been able to use the Civic Centre and the Little Theatre respectively.

However, the town's dedicated centre has now been set up and vaccinations will continue from the Dock Street building, working through the priority categories in turn.

It is now anticipated that all residents aged 80-plus and all care home residents will have received their first jab by the middle of next week.

A vaccination programme is already underway in Fleetwood's care homes.

Fleetwood GP Dr Mark Spencer advised residents: "Please do continue to wait to be invited for your appointment, do not contact GP surgeries about vaccinations but please do get in touch with any other health queries that concern you."

Vaccine availability on the Fylde coast will expand further next week, as Blackpool's Winter Gardens and AFC Fylde's Wesham ground are preparing to open their mass vaccination hubs from Monday, January 25.

The national helpline for all COVID-19 vaccination inquiries is 119.