Vaccination centres set to open in Eccles and Irlam this week following delays

direct to your inboxIdentity checks have been increased at Manchester's Etihad vaccination centre amid concerns that people have been queue-jumping by pretending to be social care staff.It is understood an internal booking link from the Northern Care Alliance hospital trust has been widely circulating beyond NHS and social care workers, leading council bosses to raise the issue with the top of the Greater Manchester health system.Some people are said to have successfully used the booking link to

News of its opening came as it was revealed West Lothian has one of the lowest vaccination rates in Scotland, according to Public Health Scotland figures.Some 7422 people have their received their vaccination - 5.03 per cent.

Perth and Kinross as part of the next phase of NHS Tayside’s COVID-19 programme. Work is underway to set up jab hubs at Dewars Centre in Perth, which the PA revealed last month, Blairgowrie Town Hall and Atholl Leisure Centre in Pitlochry.

direct to your inbox"I've told my family I'll be going home to them in three months," jokes Muhammad Mian, as he takes a quick break from his vaccination booth.He has been immunising members of his local community since 7.30am, and won't be going home to his wife and children until around 8.30pm.Muhammad is working 12 hour days, seven days a week, to give people the AstraZeneca jab at a new Covid-19 vaccine centre in Whalley Range.The dad-of-five is a partner at Everest Pharmacy, and has offered

link!“When we realised that the Wishaw hub was quite far from bus routes, we knew we must do something to ensure people could reach this and we have very quickly put plans in place to ensure this happens.”Full information on the amended services are available on the company’s website www.jmbtravel.co.uk.

direct to your inbox When staff at the Everest Pharmacy in Whalley Range were asked to work extra hours to help with the Covid-19 vaccination programme, they didn't question it.

Wigan. The couple said they hope the vaccine is "the start of the future" and praised those on the frontline, the Liverpool Echo reports.

South Ayrshire this week.Mobile test centres will be in place in Girvan, Maybole and Troon.The temporary facilities provide another way for people without access to cars to book appointments.Tests must be booked in advance at: https://www.nhsinform.scot/test-and-protect or by calling 0800 028 2816.The centres will operate as follows: •Troon Swimming Pool – Thursday, January 28 from 10am to 6pm•The Quay Zone, Knockcushan Street, Girvan – Friday, January 29 from 10am to 6pm•Carrick Academy,

direct to your inboxEngland is set to have a total of 50 mass vaccination centres for coronavirus as 33 more sites open from today.Mass vaccination centres will be capable of vaccinating thousands of people a week across the country, the NHS said.New sites include a former Debenhams store and the museum where BBC hit Peaky Blinders was filmed, as well as dozens of exhibition centres, sports stadiums and other venues.Everyone aged 75 or over is being invited to book a vaccination at the centres,

direct to your inboxA glimmer of hope in these dark days.Photos of people grinning from ear to ear under their masks while getting their coronavirus vaccines have been shared across Greater Manchester.The cheerful images represent hope following a tough year.A reminder that better days will come and one day things will get back to normal.Here are just some of the wonderful images that have been popping up on social media during the mass vaccination roll-out.GP Bev Matta from Westhoughton Primary

For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletterPriority groups will be given coronavirus vaccines at the University of Bolton Stadium from next week as part of an expansion of venues offering the jab.Health chiefs say the new inoculation centre will bring welcome additional capacity to the Covid vaccination programme in Bolton.Hootons Pharmacy, based in Lee Lane, Horwich, is expected to begin vaccinating at the home of Bolton Wanderers Football Club

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Both Dumbarton and Alexandria will have Covid mass vaccinations centres NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has confirmed.Following the success of the initial vaccination programme for staff at NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital and eight hospital sites, these centres will support the next phases of the vaccination programme - with the health board revealing the venues today.Dumbarton’s Concord Centre and Alexandria’s

Ayrshire's list of Covid vaccinations hubs has today been unveiled.Centres will open next month with patients aged 65 to 79 invited to come forward as part of a mass inoculation programme.A total of 38 community locations will administer the vaccine across East, North and South Ayrshire.Letters giving details on the time and location of appointments will begin to drop from this Monday.The first appointments will take place on Monday, February 1 at the Galleon Centre in Kilmarnock, the Greenwood

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Life-saving plans to vaccinate Renfrewshire’s elderly population by the end of next month have been unveiled, as three major jab hubs are set to open.Paisley’s Lagoon leisure centre, Renfrew Leisure Centre and Johnstone Town Hall are all being prepared to host vaccine clinics from February 1.People aged 70 to 75, and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals - around 9,000 people - will be among the first

Kilmarnock's North West Area Centre this weekend.The temporary facility will be open both Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 4pm, and will allow people who have COVID-19 symptoms to get a free swab test. Tests must be booked in advance at https://www.nhsinform.scot/test-and-protect or by calling 0800 028 2816.

direct to your inboxA sports centre in south Manchester is being transformed into a coronavirus vaccine centre - one of the first in the region to be led by a local pharmacy.From Monday (January 18) jabs will be administered at Whalley Range Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club on Kingsbrook Road. The service is being provided by local pharmacy group Kapoor Pharmacy Services (KPS), which runs two chemists in Whalley Range and Chorlton as well as one in Rochdale.