February Walk-In Covid Vaccination Centres in Hastings

For information, I am reproducing details of walk-in clinics for Covid vaccinations in Hastings for people of 16 years old and over for the rest of the month (Sussex Health and Care) - for First dose, Second (if over 8 weeks since First) and Booster (if at least 3 months since Second); for details specifically for 12-15 year olds go to this page.

Due to the Red Weather Warning I mentioned in my last blog, maybe not today?

Friday 18 February 2022

• 10.00-16.00 – Hastings Town Hall Priory Square entrance Hastings, TN34 1QR. Pfizer and Astra Zeneca 1st, 2nd and booster doses.
• 09.00-18.00 – Kings Church, The Hastings Centre, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2SA. 1st, 2nd and booster doses. AstraZeneca and Pfizer. 12 years and above.
• 09.00-16.00 – Laycock Pharmacy, 494 – 500 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BL. 12 and over. AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna 1st, 2nd and booster doses if eligible.
• 10.00-17.00 – Wellcare Pharmacy, 68 Malvern Way, Hastings, TN34 3PX. Pfizer. 12 year and over. 1st, 2nd and booster doses if eligible.
• 09.15-13.00 & 14.15-17.00 – Clarity Pharmacy, 28 Kings Road, St Leonards, TN37 6DU. Pfizer. 12 year and over. 1st, 2nd and booster doses if eligible.

Saturday 19 February 2022

• 10.00-15.30 – Hastings Town Hall Priory Square entrance Hastings, TN34 1QR. Pfizer and Astra Zeneca 1st, 2nd and booster doses.
• 10.00-16.00 – Kings Church, The Hastings Centre, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2SA. 1st, 2nd and booster doses. AstraZeneca and Pfizer. 12 years and above.
• 09.00-13.00 – Laycock Pharmacy, 494 – 500 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BL. 12 and over. AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna 1st, 2nd and booster doses if eligible.
• 10.00-17.00 – Wellcare Pharmacy, 68 Malvern Way, Hastings, TN34 3PX. Pfizer. 12 year and over. 1st, 2nd and booster doses if eligible.
• 09.00-12.00 – Clarity Pharmacy, 28 Kings Road, St Leonards, TN37 6DU. Pfizer. 12 years and over. 1st, 2nd and booster doses if eligible.

Monday 21 February 2022

• 09.00-18.00 – Kings Church, The Hastings Centre, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2SA. 1st, 2nd and booster doses. AstraZeneca and Pfizer. 12 years and above.
• 10.00-17.00 – Wellcare Pharmacy, 68 Malvern Way, Hastings, TN34 3PX. Pfizer. 12 year and over. 1st, 2nd and booster doses if eligible.
• 09.15-13.00 & 14.15-17.00 – Clarity Pharmacy, 28 Kings Road, St Leonards, TN37 6DU. Pfizer. 12 year and over. 1st, 2nd and booster doses if eligible.

Tuesday 22 February 2022

• 10.00-16.00 – Hastings Town Hall Priory Square entrance Hastings, TN34 1QR. Pfizer and Astra Zeneca 1st, 2nd and booster doses.
• 09.00-18.00 – Kings Church, The Hastings Centre, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2SA. 1st, 2nd and booster doses. AstraZeneca and Pfizer. 12 years and above.
• 09.00-16.00 – Laycock Pharmacy, 494 – 500 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BL. 12 and over. AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna 1st, 2nd and booster doses if eligible.
• 10.00-17.00 – Wellcare Pharmacy, 68 Malvern Way, Hastings, TN34 3PX. Pfizer. 12 year and over. 1st, 2nd and booster doses if eligible.

Wednesday 23 February 2022

• 10.00-16.00 – Hastings Town Hall Priory Square entrance Hastings, TN34 1QR. Pfizer and Astra Zeneca 1st, 2nd and booster doses.
• 09.00-18.00 – Kings Church, The Hastings Centre, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2SA. 1st, 2nd and booster doses. AstraZeneca and Pfizer. 12 years and above.
• 09.00-13.00 – Laycock Pharmacy, 494 – 500 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BL. 12 and over. AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna 1st, 2nd and booster doses if eligible.
• 10.00-17.00 – Wellcare Pharmacy, 68 Malvern Way, Hastings, TN34 3PX. Pfizer. 12 year and over. 1st, 2nd and booster doses if eligible.

Thursday 24 February 2022

• 10.00-19.00 – Hastings Town Hall Priory Square entrance Hastings, TN34 1QR. Pfizer and Astra Zeneca 1st, 2nd and booster doses.
• 09.00-18.00 – Kings Church, The Hastings Centre, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2SA. 1st, 2nd and booster doses. AstraZeneca and Pfizer. 12 years and above.
• 09.00-16.00 – Laycock Pharmacy, 494 – 500 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BL. 12 and over. AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna 1st, 2nd and booster doses if eligible.
• 10.00-17.00 – Wellcare Pharmacy, 68 Malvern Way, Hastings, TN34 3PX. Pfizer. 12 year and over. 1st, 2nd and booster doses if eligible.
• 09.15-13.00 & 14.15-17.00 – Clarity Pharmacy, 28 Kings Road, St Leonards, TN37 6DU. Pfizer. 12 year and over. 1st, 2nd and booster doses if eligible.

Friday 25 February 2022

• 10.00-16.00 – Hastings Town Hall Priory Square entrance Hastings, TN34 1QR. Pfizer and Astra Zeneca 1st, 2nd and booster doses.
• 09.00-18.00 – Kings Church, The Hastings Centre, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2SA. 1st, 2nd and booster doses. AstraZeneca and Pfizer. 12 years and above.
• 09.00-16.00 – Laycock Pharmacy, 494 – 500 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BL. 12 and over. AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna 1st, 2nd and booster doses if eligible.
• 10.00-17.00 – Wellcare Pharmacy, 68 Malvern Way, Hastings, TN34 3PX. Pfizer. 12 year and over. 1st, 2nd and booster doses if eligible.
• 09.15-13.00 & 14.15-17.00 – Clarity Pharmacy, 28 Kings Road, St Leonards, TN37 6DU. Pfizer. 12 year and over. 1st, 2nd and booster doses if eligible.

Saturday 26 February 2022

• 10.00-15.30 – Hastings Town Hall Priory Square entrance Hastings, TN34 1QR. Pfizer and Astra Zeneca 1st, 2nd and booster doses.
• 10.00-16.00 – Kings Church, The Hastings Centre, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2SA. 1st, 2nd and booster doses. AstraZeneca and Pfizer. 12 years and above.
• 09.00-13.00 – Laycock Pharmacy, 494 – 500 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BL. 12 and over. AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna 1st, 2nd and booster doses if eligible.
• 10.00-17.00 – Wellcare Pharmacy, 68 Malvern Way, Hastings, TN34 3PX. Pfizer. 12 year and over. 1st, 2nd and booster doses if eligible.
• 09.00-12.00 – Clarity Pharmacy, 28 Kings Road, St Leonards, TN37 6DU. Pfizer. 12 year and over. 1st, 2nd and booster doses if eligible.

Stay safe folks! 👌

Walk-in COVID-19 Boosters In Hastings Today, Saturday 8th.

If you haven't had your COVID-19 Booster yet, and it has been at least 3 months since your second COVID-19 Vaccination, you can receive it today, Saturday 8th January 2022*, without the need for an appointment, at Hastings Town Hall, Queens Road/Priory Square TN34 1TL, and at the Hastings Centre, The Ridge TN34 2SA.

Hastings Town Hall - 10.00am to 3.00pm, use entrance opposite Priory Meadow.

Hastings Centre -  10.00am to 3.00pm.

*Information from Hastings Borough Council Facebook Page.

"Worst public health failure ever!"

People who have been reading my blogs over the last couple of years will already be aware of how I have been very critical of the incompetent way the COVID-19 Crisis has been handled, eg this blog. but now 2 Parliamentary committees, indeed both chaired by Tory MPs, have come to the same conclusion (BBC), at last! 

As a retired health professional I have consistently criticised the use of private companies, and friends of Government ministers, with no experience, to provide unusable equipment, including PPE, to the NHS, and particularly to run the Test and Trace programme ineptly for an extortionate £37 BILLION over 2 years (Guardian)! 

From the start, people with experience should have been running the show, not pals of the Executive, that is health professionals and public health officials, and the results of any enquiries will always support this, as has already been shown. Indeed, I even have doubts about the input of 'expert' scientists, yes, their advice needs to be taken into account when appropriate, but scientists only are 100% behind things when there is 100% proof, they are scientists after all, they shouldn't be making the decisions.

And all that the MPs appear to be singling out as a success is the roll out of the vaccine programme (BBC), which, luckily, was left to the NHS, volunteers, and public health authorities to organise and run, thankfully... 

God protect the NHS, please!

Day Trip to Eastbourne, and above board too!

Yes, yesterday was the most exciting day of the year for me, sad me, a day trip to Eastbourne, "didn't I have a wonderful time the day I went to Eastbourne!" 🎵 And it was above board too, I kid you not, this was the 'Gatwick Express' train (from Hastings to Brighton, presumably Southern borrowed it) that I arrived in Eastbourne on. Indeed, I was here to visit the theatre, the Congress Theatre to be precise..

So I wound my way down to the Congress Theatre, behind The Stage Door here, which obviously wasn't open, though I could have enjoyed a pint of ale, but no, if you aren't already aware, the Congress Theatre is in a more modern building, part of The Welcome Building, I do believe. And, because I couldn't get an appointment in Hastings to receive my vaccination for COVID-19 after receiving a letter from the NHS sent to me 3 weeks ago, I went online on Wednesday and got a booking in Eastbourne for the next day, I wish I'd not waited! Apparently, Hastings had run out of vaccines by the end of last week and there would be no vaccinations given in Hastings this week.

Have to admit I was relieved to get this appointment, when I first looked online to book an appointment I was offered Crystal Palace football stadium, which I thought was a bit far to walk to, and back. So I managed to get an appointment somewhere a bit closer, which was also a bit far to walk to and back in the day, but not much more than a half hour trip on the Gatwick Express was infinitely better than getting to Crystal Palace!

Anyway, whilst I was there I popped down to the beach (above and, in the distance, you can even see Marine Court in Hastings, just), I didn't stay long here though, as my appointment was for 30 minutes later. So if you receive a letter from the NHS inviting you to book appointments for a vaccination, plus booster 12 weeks later, consider going online, and you can get a wee seaside day trip out of it; I'll not make any witty comments after that, but I'll leave it for you to make up your own. 😉

If it is your turn to receive the letter and make appointments, here is the link.

Stay safe folks!

Thank Goodness - The COVID-19 Vaccine!

Yes, the COVID-19 vaccine is now being delivered to British people, but, if you are a 'conspiracy theorist' please don't bother reading today's blog, it has nothing to offer you, as I'm providing some details about when we will receive the vaccine. So, for those who want to be protected against the COVID-19 virus, please do read on...

You will be aware that there are 2 vaccines being delivered in Britain, at the moment, initially to those in the highest priority group (1) that the Government has described, presumably advised by scientists and health professionals (SAGE - the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies - Government website). I am listing the 9 priority groups at the bottom of this blog.

Today, I received a text from the surgery I am registered with, which assures me I will be contacted when the group I am in is reached, and asked that I "not contact the practice or other NHS services regarding an appointment for a COVID vaccination." I've heard a medical doctor on the radio with exactly the same message. This is an enormous project to deliver, it takes up valuable resources, and any unnecessary contact only holds up work on trying to deliver the vaccination programme.

The aim of the programme is to vaccinate everyone in group 1 by the end of this month, everyone in groups 2-4 by mid-February, and those in the remaining groups 5-9 "possibly by Easter" (early April - BBC). I suggest this is ambitious, so don't hold your breath. When this part of the programme is finished, the vaccine will start being given to those aged between 16 and 50, as I said, this is an enormous project to undertake!

But please do remember to keep washing your hands regularly, wear a face covering where appropriate, and maintain social distancing of at least 2 metres.

Do be careful, and stay safe folks!

The nine priority groups thought to represent 90-99% of those people who are at risk of dying from COVID-19 are:

1. Residents in care homes for older adults and their carers
2. 80-year-olds and over and frontline health and social care workers
3. 75-year-olds and over
4. 70-year-olds and over and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals
5. 65-year-olds and over
6. 16- to 64-year-olds with serious underlying health conditions
7. 60-year-olds and over
8. 55-year-olds and over
9. 50-year-olds and over