We know there is intense interest in the COVID-19 vaccination, and you will want to know when and where you will be able to get yours.
The NHS is working extremely hard to deliver the COVID-19 vaccination to the most vulnerable local people.
We have made very good progress in a very short space of time since the vaccination first became available. However, it’s important to remember that this is the biggest vaccination programme that the NHS has ever undertaken, and that this has been a phased roll out at speed. It will take time to get to everyone.
We hope the information here about the roll out of the programme in Dorset is helpful. We will share more as information becomes available.
When will I get my jab?
We are delivering the vaccine in line with the national guidance issued by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).
See link here to the national advice:
Read Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation: advice on priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination on GOV.UK.
Where will I get my jab?
There are currently a number of ways the vaccine is being rolled out locally by the NHS, including:
- GP-led vaccination services, which are now up and running across Dorset. All of Dorset’s 18 primary care networks are now offering vaccine. These services involve groups of GPs working together as primary care networks to vaccinate the most vulnerable to their collective patients in one location; this means that you may not be vaccinated by your local GP; you may be required to travel to a different site nearby to where you live;
- Hospital hubs, hubs at Dorchester, Bournemouth and Poole hospitals are live, with a focus on health and social care staff at the moment;
- Roving service with the vaccine being taken into care homes, and into people’s own homes if they are housebound and unable to attend a vaccination site. This is being co-ordinated locally with your GP service and you will be told when the vaccinating team will be visiting you;
- A network of large vaccination centres across the country, which will be able to offer the vaccine to large numbers of people, is currently going live. The large vaccination centre at the Bournemouth International Centre is one of several places people can get their jab – if you already have an appointment through your GP at a local vaccination centre, or at a local hospital hub, please attend that appointment. This will prevent wasted appointments that the NHS cannot fill at short notice.
Read more about Dorset’s large vaccination centre based in the Purbeck Hall at the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) on the Dorset HealthCare website.
Across the country, community pharmacies are due to come online in the near future as more vaccine supplies come on stream.
Frontline health and social care workers
The NHS is working with your employer to signpost you to the most appropriate venue for your vaccination to take place. Please contact your employer for details and not your local GP.
Reassurance from some of your local GPs and Pharmacists
Some of our local GPs and Pharmacists have shared some short messages to talk through their vaccination experience and provide some reassurance on the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Dr Yasser A Kerim shares his expereince of having the COVID-19 vaccination
Dorset GP Dr Yasser A Kerim has had the vaccination, considers it to be safe and encourages people not to be afraid. -
Dr Costales shares her experience of having the COVID-19 vaccination.
Dorset GP Dr Costales is a Filipino descent and encourages others to take up the vaccine when they are offered it. -
Dr Odetoyinbo shares her COVID-19 vaccination experience
Dorset GP Dr Odetoyinbo is British Nigerian and explains why she has had the COVID-19 vaccination.
Frequently asked questions
COVID-19 Vaccination sites in Dorset
GP-led vaccination services
Atrium Health Centre (Mid Dorset Primary Care Network)
Poole Ferry Port (Poole Central Primary Care Network)
Hamworthy Club, Wimborne (Poole North Primary Care Network)
Marine Surgery (South Coast Medical Group)
Wareham Hospital (Purbeck Primary Care Network)
St Albans Medical Centre, East Way, Bournemouth (Central Bournemouth Primary Care Network)
Beaufort Road Practice, Bournemouth (Bournemouth East Collaborative Network)
Westbourne Medical Centre, Bournemouth, (Poole Bay & Bournemouth Primary Care Network)
- Christchurch Medical Practice (Christchurch Primary Care Network)
Talbot Medical Centre (North Bournemouth Primary Care Network)
Heatherview Medical Centre (Shore Medical Primary Care Network)
Saint Leonard’s Hospital (Wimborne & Ferndown Primary Care Network and Crane Valley Primary Care Network)
Weymouth Community Hospital (Weymouth & Portland Primary Care Network)
Bridport Medical Centre (Jurassic Coast Primary Care Network)
- Sturminster Newton Medical Centre (The Vale Primary Care Network)
- The Digby Hall, Sherborne (Sherborne Area Network)
Whitecliff Surgery, Blandford (Blandford Primary Care Network)
Hospital hubs
Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester
Poole Hospital – part of University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Bournemouth Hospital – part of University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Pharmacies
- Castle Lane Pharmacy, Bournemouth
The Grove Pharmacy, Christchurch
Wallisdown Pharmacy, Poole
- Bryant Pharmacy, Poole
Large vaccination centre
Bournemouth International Centre
Last updated 19/02/2021
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Harry Redknapp receives his COVID-19 vaccine
Harry Redknapp receives his COVID-19 vaccination as the roll-out continues across Dorset. If you're invited by the NHS for a vaccine, it's important you go to help protect yourself. -
Weymouth & Portland PCN Vaccine Hub
Weymouth & Portland PCN Vaccine Hub -
Dr Odetoyinbo shares her COVID-19 vaccination experience
Dorset GP Dr Odetoyinbo is British Nigerian and explains why she has had the COVID-19 vaccination.