Milton Keynes has a new, fully operational vaccination centre

The Ascent Primary Care Centre (PCN) run by family doctors and their teams opened another vaccination centre in Milton Keynes today.

Fully trained vaccinators will be administering the jab at Asplands Medical Centre. To ensure there is plenty of room for social distancing when waiting it is important that people only attend if they have received an invite from their GP and arrive at the time stated.

Dr Sarah Whiteman, the Medical Director and putative Chair of BLMK CCGs, said: “Delivery of the biggest ever NHS vaccination programme has been a huge undertaking so I am thrilled that we can now say we are administering vaccines to the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes footprint that we cover.

“I can appreciate that local people will be keen to get their jab as soon as possible, but we would ask that patients do not contact their practices at this time.

“GPs are working through their lists and making appointments according to the criteria provided by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.”

The new centre offers another place for residents to get jabbed and protect themselves against the coronavirus as they await the opening of a mass vaccination centre in Milton Keynes Central.