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Vaccine centre volunteer reflects on “extraordinary 23 months”

A volunteer at the Bedford vaccination centre which is due to close in mid-December has described the camaraderie among staff working there and praised their resilience...

SEVA Trust UK hosting vaccination sessions for Bedford’s Sikh communities

To help increase COVID-19 vaccination rates amongst Bedford's Sikh community in Bedford, SEVA Trust UK are hosting special sessions so those with concerns can find out more and...

One year on: a volunteer reflects on a year at the Bedford Heights vaccine centre

Twelve months after the first vaccine centre opened in Bedford, one of its volunteers reflects on the last year...

Bedfordians urged to ‘grab a jab’ at one of six walk-in sites open this week

Six walk-in sites are opening in Bedford Borough this week, offering Covid-19 vaccines as part of a 'week of walk-ins'. The locations...

Vaccine support programme found housebound residents ‘slipped through the net’

A vaccination support programme to contact Bedford borough residents who haven’t had a Covid jab discovered housebound residents who had slipped through...

Bedford health chiefs answer parents’ vaccine concerns at Covid Q&A session

The Covid vaccine might not stop you from catching the virus – but its purpose is to prevent you from getting severely ill, attendees on a Q&A Zoom call were told. On Thursday (4 November)...

Marginal improvement in the vaccine uptake with Bedford’s care home staff

Care providers are working to ensure that staff are vaccinated and they have sufficient cover when new Covid regulations come into force in November, a meeting has heard...

Greater efforts to increase vaccine uptake as Covid cases on the rise in Bedford Borough

Increases in Covid cases across the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK) area have led to pressures on local hospitals, but efforts are being made to increase vaccination uptake...

Bedford’s 16 and 17-year-olds urged to get Covid vaccine as booking opens

From 6pm today (Friday) anyone in Bedford Borough aged 16 or 17 can book their Covid-19 jab through the National Booking Service (NBS). Almost three-quarters of a million young people...

Community pharmacies to replace King’s House and Gurdwara vaccine sites

Seven pharmacies in Bedford will take on the role of vaccination centres when the temporary sites at the Queen's Park Gurdwara and King's House on Ampthill Road close on 30 June...

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