The MELISSA bus is coming to Ferryhill on Tuesday, 15 June

The MELISSA bus will be in Ferryhill Market Place between 12 noon and 7pm on Tuesday, 15 June.

FIRST vaccinations ONLY are available on the bus for:

• People who live or work in County Durham who are within the eligible age cohort at the time of the clinic
• Carers, health & social care frontline staff
• People over the age of 16 years who are clinically vulnerable, or have a learning disability, who have not yet had their first jab.

Patients should just turn up - no appointment needed. Staff will be giving Pfizer injections which is suitable for all ages.

The MELISSA bus (Mobile Educational Learning, Improving Simulation and Safety Activities), which is being used as a mobile clinic to administer the vaccinations, has been provided by Health Education England, North East.  

MELISSA team manager, Stephen Cooper, added: "The MELISSA bus is a fully refurbished double decker which is used to deliver education and training to staff and the public in our more rural or hard to reach communities.  We are delighted to be able to join County Durham CCG and Country Durham Care Partnership in their current COVID-19 public awareness and vaccination campaign."

The bus will also be visiting: 

• Horden - 9 June - 12 noon to 7 pm
  Aldi Car Park, Peterlee SR8 5BA
• Kelloe - 11 June - 12 noon to 7 pm
  Kelloe Working Men's Club Car Park, 4 Front Street DH17 8JW
• Seaham - 21 June - 12 noon to 7 pm
  ASDA Car Park, Byron Place South Terrace SR7 7HN

See more

Added:  05/06/2021

Are you between 16-30yrs old? Have your say in our COVID-19 Vaccine Survey!

The NHS is doing everything it can to deliver COVID-19 vaccines across County Durham, but there might be things that can be improved.

If you've got a few minutes spare and you're aged between 16 - 30yrs, you could win a £50 Amazon voucher by completing our short survey, telling us what you think about the COVID-19 vaccine.

You can access the Healthwatch survey here. 

Added:  10/06/2021

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme Update

Thanks to the thousands of people involved, the NHS has now offered vaccines to everyone aged 30 and over as well as millions of health and social care workers, unpaid carers and people at higher clinical risk.

Over 53 million vaccines have been delivered in total. We are still on course to offer all adults with a first dose by the end of July.

PHE analysis shows that individuals who receive a single dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine have approximately 80 per cent lower risk of death from COVID-19 compared with unvaccinated individuals. It also shows protection against death from the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine rises from approximately 80 percent after one dose to 97 per cent after two doses.

In line with government and JCVI guidance,  [Read more...]

Added:  02/06/2021

Community Equipment Service – do you need to return items that are broken or no longer used?

Do you have any items from the Community Equipment Service provided by Medequip that you no longer use or are broken and you would like to return - items such as commodes, mobility aids (frames, crutches etc), hospital beds and bathing aids? If you do, please contact Medequip on 01325524531 to arrange a replacement or a collection. Even if you are unsure where the equipment … [Read more...]

Added:  02/06/2021

MP gets Covid jab as he praises County Durham GP practices for reaching major milestone in vaccine roll-out.

A GP-led vaccination hub has been praised by a local MP after reaching a major milestone in the Covid-19 vaccination rollout. Healthcare staff at Sedgefield North Primary Care Network (PCN), County Durham, were congratulated by local MP Paul Howell after administering over 42,400 doses of the vaccine.

The PCN, operated by staff from Bishop’s Close Medical Practice and St Andrew’s Medical Practice, Spennymoor, . . .[Read more]

Added:  24/05/2021

Appointments

If you require an appointment or wish to talk to a medical professional, please use our email first ddesccg.standrewsmedicalpractice@nhs.net or phone or alternatively, use eConsult. 

We are operating a same day phone triage service and will see if we can manage your health need over the phone.   If clinically necessary, we will arrange to see you face to face at the surgery later in the day. There will be significant pressures on the phones but we will get to you as soon as we can. 

Please note online booking of appointments has been withdrawn.

Updated:  09/11/2020