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Yesterday it was announced the Covid-19 vaccine could be rolled out as early as next week- with NHS staff among the first to get it. Alongside the NHS, one of the first priority groups for vaccination will be elderly people in care homes and their carers. All trusts were asked to have a plan to vaccinate their workforces, with frontline NHS workers set to be among the first to be vaccinated.

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Matt Hancock told MPs today that the health service is ready to administer vaccines following the news that the UK regulator has approved the Pfizer vaccine candidate for use. He described it as a 'monumental step forward' in the country's response to the pandemic.

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The first vaccinations will be administered at NHS hubs in hospitals across the country. The NHS has published a list of around 50 trusts which will provide vaccination hubs, which you can find below.

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The list was published in a letter sent out by to health officials last month in which it states: "All Trusts will need to have a plan to vaccinate their workforce. The preparations that need to be made locally will differ:

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"• For Trusts who are also a NHS Trust Vaccine Hub your plans must cover how you will vaccinate your own workforce and how you will support neighbouring trusts to vaccinate their workforce.

"• For all other Trusts your plan must cover how you will work with your nearest hub to vaccinate your workforce if required, and how you would deliver the vaccine within your trust should this become possible. We are continuing to explore all available options to safely deliver the first available vaccine to all Trusts."

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The UK Health secretary described the announcement as a 'monumental step forward' in the fight against Covid-19, with the first batch of 800,000 Pfizer vaccinations due imminently - enough for 400,000 people to be vaccinated. The Government has ordered a total of 40 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine.

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Vaccines are set to be given in three settings- first at NHS Trusts with plans also for large scale vaccination sires and community/primary care jabs given at places like GP surgeries and pharmacies.

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The full list of vaccine hubs in England is:

• Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

• Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

• Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

• Croydon University Hospital NHS Trust

• Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust

• Dorset County Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

• East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (Colchester Hospital)

• Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

• Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• Guys & St Thomas NHS Trust

• James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

• Kings College Hospital - Princess Royal University Hospital

• Lancashire Teaching Hospital Trust

• Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• Leicester Partnership NHS Trust

• Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• Medway NHS Foundation Trust

• Mid and South Essex Hospitals Trust

• Milton Keynes University Hospital

• Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

• Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

• North Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

• North West Anglia Foundation Trust

• Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

• Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

• Portsmouth Hospital University Trust

• Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

• Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

• Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

• Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust

• Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

• St George’s University Hospitals NHS FT

• The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• University College Hospitals Trust

• University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

• University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire

• University Hospitals Derby Burton NHS FT

• University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

• University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

• United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

• Wirral University Teaching Hospital

• Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

• Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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