700 people vaccinated in one day as immunisations begin at Staveley surgery

Vaccinations started at Inkersall Green Surgery on Friday.

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Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins said: “I am thrilled that 700 people were vaccinated on the first day of opening.

“The staff at Inkersall Green Surgery are amazing – as they are in every site I have visited.”

Dr Peter Scriven, Royal Primary Care’s (RPC) divisional director, added: “This is so important for many people in Staveley.

“At our Inkersall surgery on Friday, we vaccinated an amazing 700 Staveley and Brimington people, predominantly from the over-80 cohort who are so vulnerable.

“We are pleased to have had an opportunity to be part of the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination programme.

"Our team did an incredible job to make this happen in just three days’ notice.”

Dr Scriven also thanked Mr Perkins for pushing for a vaccination centre for the Staveley area.

“This wouldn’t have happened without his work,” he added.

Jo Lacey, managing director of RPC, said the response from residents had been ‘overwhelmingly positive’.

She added: “This has been so great for morale for our wonderful staff who are so keen to play their part in protecting Staveley.

“I’m so proud of our team who have worked so hard.”

Latest Government data reveals a total of 70,332 vaccinations have been administered to Derbyshire people.

Of these, 67,010 are Derbyshire residents who received their first dose.

By February 15, the Government aims to have offered a first vaccine dose to everyone in the top four priority groups – care home residents and workers, frontline health and social care staff, all those aged over-70 and the extremely clinically vulnerable – which amounts to around 240,000 people in Derbyshire.

Dean Wallace, Derbyshire County Council’s director of public health, welcomed a ‘good start’ to the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out in the area.

But he warned: “Coronavirus hasn’t gone away and while the vaccine protects the individual, those who have had the jab could still potentially pass the virus on to others.

“So it’s vitally important that people follow the guidance – stay at home as much as possible, wash your hands regularly, wear a face covering in enclosed public spaces and keep social distancing.”

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