The pile of pain relief tablets heaped up on Pat Richards’ living room table tells its own story. It’s over 40 years since Pat damaged her back lifting a care home resident out of bed. Cortisone injections, physiotherapy and daily painkillers help to mask some of the pain. But this patchwork medical solution can never […]
Category: Covid stakeholder MERTON
18 August 2021: Merton borough update
In the latest stage of the NHS vaccination programme, it has been confirmed that 16 and 17 year olds are now eligible to take up the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, protecting themselves, their family and friends. As well as some local GPs beginning to contact those aged 16 and 17 years registered with their practices, we are pleased to confirm that we now have a number of sites across South West London, that are able to offer […]
29 June 2021: Merton borough update
It has now been 200 days since the first COVID-19 vaccines were administered, and the programme continues to go from strength to strength in South West London. Over 916,000 people have now received their first dose and 581,000 protected by two doses. That means 1.5 million vaccinations have been delivered in total. We continue to […]
9 June 2021: Merton borough update
Last Tuesday (1 June) marked a significant moment in the fight against COVID-19, with no coronavirus-related deaths recorded in the UK for the first time since the pandemic began. On the surface, this seems like a pivotal moment – and while it is important to recognise that it follows a steady decline in people needing […]
24 May 2021: Merton borough update
More than one million COVID-19 vaccinations have now been given in south west London, which marks another incredible milestone. We can all rightly be proud of what has been achieved so far but there will be no let-up in our efforts over the coming weeks and months. With restrictions easing it is tempting to push […]
05 May 2021: Merton borough update
Across South West London we have now vaccinated over half of our adult population, an incredible milestone to have passed. We have now delivered over 880,000 vaccinations, including over 89,067 first doses in Merton according to the latest NHS figures. We know there are still many more vaccines to deliver, and we continue work hard […]
01 April 2021: Merton borough update
We are pleased to report that we have now delivered over 640,000 vaccinations, including over 566,000 first doses in south west London. Our GPs and their practice teams, supported by local volunteers, NHS staff in our hospitals and large vaccination sites, and pharmacists, continue to do everything they can to vaccinate people as quickly as possible […]
11 March 2021: Merton borough update
We continue to make good progress as we deliver the biggest vaccination programme in the NHS history. More than 56,589 Merton residents have received their first dose and across South West London we have vaccinated over 370,000 people. Vaccination data for South West London boroughs, parliamentary constituencies and local authority wards continues to be published nationally, […]
03 March 2021: Merton borough update
We are making good progress as we continue to deliver the biggest vaccination programme in the NHS history. 49,674 Merton residents have received their first dose and across South West London we have vaccinated over 335,000 people. Vaccination data for South West London boroughs, parliamentary constituencies and local authority wards has now been published nationally […]
18 Feb 2021: Merton borough update
Across South West London we have now delivered over 280,000 vaccinations, including 272,000 first doses, hitting the ambitious target of offering the vaccine to our priority groups 1- 4 by Monday 15 February 2021 and exceeding the numbers expected. GPs and their practice teams, local volunteers, and NHS staff have vaccinated over a quarter of […]