Today a new vaccination centre has opened in Brighton to provide eligible people across Sussex greater opportunity to receive their vaccine.
People who are in the top four priority groups currently eligible to receive their vaccination will be the first to be invited to get their vaccine at The Brighton Centre. They will book their appointment through a national booking system and will receive their vaccine by teams from Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, who are running the service.
The centre gives all those who are eligible another way to receive their vaccine, in addition to their local GP-led vaccination services. While the centre is based in Brighton and Hove, it is available for the wider population across Sussex and beyond.
Appointments cannot be booked directly with the Brighton Centre or through GPs and residents are asked not to contact the centre or Brighton and Hove City Council directly.
The national NHS booking service will be writing to eligible people living within 60 miles of the Brighton Centre providing them all the details they need to book an appointment online or over the phone. Anyone receiving a letter from the national booking service can choose whether to book an appointment at the vaccination centre, or wait until they are contacted by their GP for an appointment at their local vaccination service if that would be more convenient.
The centre will also be vaccinating eligible health and care workers. Health and care worker appointments have been taking place today, with the public booked in from tomorrow.
The launch of the vaccination centre is the latest step in the ongoing phased roll-out of the Sussex vaccination programme as we work to vaccinate everyone in the first four priority groups by mid February.
(Reposted from Tim Loughton MP website)
