Published on Tuesday 20 December 2022 at 3:28 pm
Blackburn with Darwen’s Mass Covid vaccination site will close this week and residents are being reminded to get fully vaccinated before Christmas to keep loved ones safe.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | public health | vaccination
Published on Monday 3 October 2022 at 10:18 am
With the weather taking an autumnal turn, Blackburn with Darwen Council health chiefs are advising people to get vaccinated now to protect themselves from winter viruses.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Covid-19 vaccination programme | Flu vaccination | vaccination
Published on Thursday 22 September 2022 at 4:12 pm
A new pop-up COVID-19 vaccination centre is being hosted at Blackburn bus station as the autumn booster programme gets underway.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Covid-19 vaccination programme | vaccination
Published on Wednesday 13 July 2022 at 1:54 pm
More Covid vaccination appointment slots are available to parents and carers in Blackburn with Darwen for their children over the school summer holidays.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Covid-19 vaccination programme | vaccination
Published on Thursday 16 June 2022 at 10:08 am
Public health leaders in Blackburn with Darwen are reminding residents of the importance of Covid boosters while the NHS drive-through vaccination clinic is still in the borough.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Covid-19 vaccination programme | vaccination
Published on Friday 27 May 2022 at 1:27 pm
As the Covid vaccination drive-through at Ewood Park continues to provide a convenient way to get jabs, we’re reminding residents to check travel requirements for their summer getaways.
Filed under: coronavirus | covid | COVID-19 | Covid-19 vaccination programme | vaccination
Published on Monday 16 May 2022 at 5:08 pm
Families will have the chance to catch up on their vaccinations when the drive-through Covid vaccine clinic returns to Ewood Park in Blackburn this week.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Covid-19 vaccination programme | covid-19 vaccine | vaccination
Published on Thursday 14 April 2022 at 8:36 am
With rising numbers of older patients being treated for Covid in Royal Blackburn Hospital, the over 75s are being reminded to have their spring booster dose.
Filed under: coronavirus | Covid booster vaccine | COVID-19 | Covid-19 vaccination programme | Spring booster jabs | vaccination
Published on Tuesday 22 March 2022 at 9:42 am
Spring booster vaccines will begin in Blackburn with Darwen and across Lancashire and South Cumbria this week as the vaccination programme moves to the next phase.
Filed under: COVID-19 | Dominic Harrison | eligible | Jane Scattergood | public health | Spring booster jabs | vaccination
Published on Thursday 13 January 2022 at 10:16 am
Young people from Blackburn with Darwen are encouraging others their age to get their Covid jabs in a radio advertising campaign that highlights how the vaccination programme is helping life return to normal.
Filed under: coronavirus | covid testing | COVID-19 | Covid-19 vaccination programme | vaccination | young people
Published on Wednesday 12 January 2022 at 5:50 pm
More people can now get a Covid-19 vaccine from the comfort of their own home across Blackburn with Darwen.
Filed under: COVID-19 | Director of Public Health | Dominic Harrison | home | housebound | vaccination
Published on Wednesday 22 December 2021 at 1:38 pm
A moving case study to be featured in an uplifting BBC2 Christmas special with Gareth Malone this Thursday will highlight the risks of pregnant women not getting vaccinated against Covid.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Gareth Malone | pregnancy | vaccination
Published on Thursday 16 December 2021 at 3:20 pm
The Government has announced that 12 to 15 year olds will be able to get their second Covid vaccine dose from Monday, December 20th.
Filed under: 12 to 15 year olds | covid | Omicron | second vaccine | vaccination
Published on Thursday 11 November 2021 at 9:41 am
While Covid case rates in Blackburn with Darwen remain lower than the national average, the numbers of people needing hospital treatment for their symptoms is increasing – particularly among people who are not fully vaccinated.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | ELHT | vaccination
Published on Tuesday 9 November 2021 at 2:40 pm
Blackburn with Darwen’s Director of Public Health Dominic Harrison is urging eligible people to get their Covid booster jabs to make sure they are protected this winter.
Filed under: Booster | covid | Director of Public Health | Dominic Harrison | vaccination
Published on Friday 8 October 2021 at 10:34 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council is getting behind a big local effort to protect people from flu this winter.
Filed under: CCG | Councillor | Damian Talbot | Dr David White | flu | NHS | Protect your Family | vaccination | Winter
Published on Tuesday 5 October 2021 at 12:22 pm
As parents/carers of 12-15 year olds are currently being asked for Covid vaccine consent, Blackburn with Darwen’s Director of Public Health is keen to reassure parents of the vaccine’s safety for this age group.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | vaccination | young people
Published on Tuesday 28 September 2021 at 2:16 pm
Secondary schools across Blackburn with Darwen are preparing to assist the NHS to roll out Covid vaccines to 12 to 15 year olds.
Filed under: children | coronavirus | COVID-19 | schools | vaccination
Published on Tuesday 14 September 2021 at 8:42 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council welcomes the Chief Medical Officers’ recommendation to offer the Covid vaccine to all 12 to 15 year olds in England.
Filed under: coronavirus | covid | COVID-19 | vaccination | young people
Published on Monday 6 September 2021 at 11:54 am
This week Council engagement teams are visiting an area of Blackburn to encourage unvaccinated residents to take action to protect themselves from Covid this autumn.
Filed under: Bank Top Neighbourhood Learning Centre | coronavirus | COVID-19 | vaccination
Published on Friday 27 August 2021 at 4:43 pm
Having recently turned 16, Blackburn with Darwen’s Deputy Youth MP Muhammed Bapu wasted no time getting his Covid jab.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | vaccination | young people | Youth MP
Published on Wednesday 25 August 2021 at 8:53 am
A Blackburn man who spent 14 days in intensive care battling Covid-19 says he wishes he’d got vaccinated earlier.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | vaccination
Published on Monday 9 August 2021 at 1:41 pm
This time last year, Blackburn with Darwen was under tighter Covid restrictions than most other areas of the UK and had the highest weekly case rate in England – now the borough is third lowest in the national league table of case rates.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | vaccination
Published on Thursday 22 July 2021 at 9:42 am
Covid vaccination uptake is going well in Blackburn with Darwen with 88%* of people aged 18 and over having had one jab and 69%* now fully vaccinated – thanks, in part, to plenty of local people sharing their personal vaccination stories.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Groups | vaccination
Published on Friday 16 July 2021 at 4:12 pm
From Wednesday July 21, the NHS Covid-19 vaccination bus will be revisiting various locations across Blackburn with Darwen providing second dose Pfizer vaccines.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | NHS Blackburn with Darwen CCG | vaccination | vaccination bus
Published on Thursday 15 July 2021 at 8:13 am
A Council officer and community-spirited volunteer has trained as a vaccinator to help combat Coronavirus.
Mohamed Sidat, who works in the Council’s social integration programme team, took up the opportunity of training with St John Ambulance in February of this year.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | vaccination
Published on Friday 9 July 2021 at 3:26 pm
People who received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine during an accelerated vaccination push in Blackburn with Darwen are now being called back for their second jab.
Filed under: coronavirus | coronavirus update | COVID-19 | vaccination
Published on Monday 5 July 2021 at 2:41 pm
All bus operators in Blackburn with Darwen are offering free transport to anyone going to get their Covid vaccination.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | vaccination | Vaccinations
Published on Tuesday 15 June 2021 at 3:15 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council have launched a new campaign encouraging people to join the thousands across the borough who have already had their Coronavirus vaccinations.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | vaccination | vaccine
Published on Monday 14 June 2021 at 7:09 pm
Following the government’s announcement of its decision to delay the move to Step 4 of its roadmap out of lockdown, Blackburn with Darwen Council urges residents to pull together over the next few weeks to drive Coronavirus rates down.
Filed under: coronavirus | coronavirus update | COVID-19 | lockdown easing | surge testing | vaccination
Published on Thursday 8 April 2021 at 12:35 pm
A Blackburn with Darwen mosque is being turned into a pop-up vaccination clinic to target ‘at-risk’ groups who have been hesitant to come forward.
Filed under: CCG | Mosque | vaccination
Published on Friday 15 January 2021 at 5:35 pm
Residents driving into Blackburn or Darwen to get their coronavirus vaccination will be able to park for free in various sites across the borough, the Council has announced.
Filed under: cathedral | parking | vaccination
Published on Monday 10 December 2018 at 2:08 pm
Health bosses from NHS East Lancashire and NHS Blackburn with Darwen Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are reminding those who are eligible for their free winter flu vaccines and boosters to visit their doctor or local pharmacy if they haven’t already done so.
Filed under: flu | NHS | vaccination
Published on Thursday 18 December 2014 at 11:37 am
All UK children are offered Meningococcal C (Men C) vaccine to protect against MenC infection but, as the protection offered by the vaccine in pre-school children can wane, a booster for teenagers at school was introduced and also offered to students from August this year.
Filed under: Director of Public Health | Dominic Harrison | health | MenC | Meningitis | Meningococcal C | septicaemia | students | vaccination
