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Nov 2020
Harrogate Nightingale could be used as vaccination centre
Harrogate’s Nightingale Hospital could become a vaccination centre when a coronavirus vaccine is ready to be rolled out.
The Prime Minister’s spokesperson said the country's Nightingales were “one possible way” of offering the vaccine to significant numbers of people.
Set up in April at a cost of £27 million, the Harrogate Nightingale has so far not treated a single covid patient.
It comes as health bosses in North Yorkshire said earlier this week that they will be prepared to rollout the vaccine once it is ready.
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Amanda Bloor, accountable officer at North Yorkshire CCG, told a press briefing of the North Yorkshire Resilience Forum that health bosses were putting plans in place for the county
She said:
Dr Lincoln Sargeant, director of public health at North Yorkshire County Council. also welcomed the results of the vaccine but warned that “long term behavioural change” was needed to tackle the virus.
The Pfizer and BioMTech vaccine was revealed to be 90% effective after being tested on 43,500.
A rollout of the vaccine is expected to target older and vulnerable people first.
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