Some GP's in North Yorkshire say they are running out of people to vaccinate for COVID 19
At the moment anyone over the age of 50 is eligible to get a jab.
But the Chief Nursing Officer at NHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group, Sue Peckitt, says some people in the age group are not coming forwards for their jabs.
Sue says that while bookings for all other adults aged under 50 were not yet open, some would soon be called up for last minute appointments using doses which would otherwise go to waste.
Sue Peckitt, said the county’s vaccination programme was going “exceptionally well” with some surgeries reaching all eligible patients in the top nine priority groups two weeks earlier than expected.
As of Friday, more than 404,000 people in North Yorkshire had received their first dose of a Covid vaccine, with almost 40,000 people having received their second.
Nationally, the figure for first doses across the UK is 30m and 3.5m for second doses.
It is the government’s aim to offer a first vaccine to about 32 million people in nine priority groups by 15 April and every other adult by the end of July.
The programme is now inviting those aged 50 and above to book appointments after the first four groups – those aged 70 and over, care home residents, healthcare workers and people required to shield – were offered a jab by mid-February.


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