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Feb 2021
Last Updated: 01/02/2021
Snow fears close Harrogate and Ripon vaccination sites tomorrow
Appointments between 8am and 12.45pm tomorrow will be rescheduled but appointments later in the day are due to proceed as normal.
The vaccine centre at the Great Yorkshire Showground.
Tomorrow morning's vaccinations at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate and Ripon racecourse have been postponed due to the snow forecast.
North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group said today people with appointments scheduled between 8am and 12.45pm will be contacted and booked in at the next available time.
However, appointments due for tomorrow afternoon are still due to go ahead as planned.
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The Ripon site is due to open this week.
Health bosses said the decision was taken in the interests of patient safety.
A statement from the CCG said:
"GP practices in the Harrogate district are currently in the process of contacting all affected patients directly and will be booking those patients in to the next available clinics.”
A yellow weather warning for snow and ice is currently in place for the district between 10pm tonight and 11.59pm tomorrow, according to the Met Office.
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