COVID-19 boosters for those eligible at Brent Civic Centre Mondays & Tuesday. Book an appointment,

 

YOU can appear at Wembley Stadium on Sunday - for a Covid-19 jab! GIVE COVID-19 THE BOOT! Details

 

Pfizer Vaccination bookings for Wembley Stadium pop up event Sunday 19th December

About this event

Pfizer vaccination event Wembley Stadium

You can choose a booking in an allocated time slot. If there are no tickets left, then we will also be allowing walk-ins ( but bookings are prioritized )

12-15 year olds: First dose ( must be accompanied by an adult )

16-17 year olds: First dose and second dose ( 12 weeks after first )

18+: First dose, second dose ( eight weeks after first ) and boosters ( 3 months after second dose)

 

TICKETS CLICK HERE

Mass vaccination at Bridge Park on Saturday - booking details (AstraZeneca & Pfizer available)

 

Massive vaccination event at Bridge Park Community Leisure Centre, Harrow Road, London. NW10 0RG

About this event

On Saturday, Bridge Park Community Leisure Centre will be turned into a mass vaccination venue so far for residents of North West London, with up to 2700 vaccinations ready to be administered on the day.

The event will take place from 10am to 17:30pm on Saturday 19 June 2021

IMPORTANT NOTICE: clients with bookings will be prioritised for vaccination, walk-ins will be managed based on vaccine availability

Remember to bring water with you, and keep an eye on the weather to plan what you need to bring with you.

If you have one, remember to bring your NHS number with you. This makes registration faster if you have it. You can find your NHS number at https://nhs.uk/nhs-services/online-services/find-nhs-number/ 

 BOOK HERE

Special walk-in vaccination clinic at Kingsbury Temple tomorrow for those without NHS number or 1D -6-8pm

There will be a walk in vaccination clinic at Kingsbury Temple on Saturday 6-8pm for those with no NHS number and no easy way of getting one.  The team are particularly keen to focus on asylum seekers, refugees and homeless although quite a lot of work has been done recently to vaccinate the homeless.

 

It will be a safe clinic – no one will be taking details or asking for proof of ID or anything like that. They will ask for a phone number which could be for that person or a charity they go to. This is just so they can be contacted for a 2nd dose.

 

183 bus from Kingsbury station

May 6th 6pm NHS North West London COVID-19 vaccines, pregnancy, fertility and breastfeeding webinar

 NHS North West London COVID-19 vaccines, pregnancy, fertility and breastfeeding webinar

May 6th 6pm to 7.30pm via zoom Free REGISTER HERE

About this event

This free webinar is essential to hear from NHS specialists to answer your questions and concerns about the Covid-19 vaccines with regards to fertility, pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Who should attend:

The event is open to all residents in North West London, particularly if you are pregnant, breastfeeding or have concerns about fertility.

The panel:

The panel will consist of NHS specialists and independent chair to join in the discussion and provide updated information.

Registration

Following registration you will receive a confirmation email which will inform you that you will receive the webinar link 24 hours before the event.

If you haven't received the online webinar link, please contact Ray on: r.johannsen-chapman@nhs.net

Pre-event questions

To help us with the organisation of the event we would like to give you the opportunity to send us your questions before the event: To ask your question/s Please click here

How to spot a Covid or Vaccination Scam - advice from the Metropolitan Police

 

Doubts about vaccination? Join the Brent Council Webinar tonight and put your questions to the panel

 

 

Brent Council will be holding their fourth Webinar  this evening to address residents' concerns over the Covid vaccination programme. This is the Council' announcement.

On Monday 15th February, between 6pm and 7.30pm, residents of Brent will have the opportunity to attend a fourth webinar about the COVID-19 vaccination.

The webinar will aim to inform and build trust with anyone in the community who may have questions that are making them concerned about having the vaccine. This will be achieved by outlining the facts, addressing all the pertinent issues and explaining the science.

The webinar will include presentations from faith leaders and health experts, with an interactive chat function available to allow you to ask the questions you want answers to.

Register for this event and we will send you a link to the Zoom meeting on the afternoon of Monday 15th February.

 

BOOK HERE 

 

NHS doctors, nurses and other frontline staff have recorded messages in 14 of the most common community languages in London, to explain how the COVID vaccine is safe and effective.

The videos have been designed to be shared among friends, families, faith and community groups via WhatsApp, text message or on social media. You can watch, download and share each using the links below.

• Arabic
• Bengali
• Gujarati
• Igbo
• Nepali
• Polish
• Punjabi
• Romanian
• Somali
• Spanish
• Swahili
• Turkish
• Urdu
• Yoruba

 

Black Medical Consultant and vaccination expert's plea to Brent BAME Community: 'Please take this vaccine'

 

 

Medical Consultant with expertise in vaccines, Dr John Licorish has recorded this message for Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities in Brent. If you have any questions about the COVID Vaccination Programme, please speak to a trusted person, such as your GP, or visit www.nhs.uk

Monday February 1st: Second Brent Webinar for those hesitant about vaccination

Brent Council are running another webinar about the COVID vaccine this coming Monday (1st February) at the same time (between 6pm and 7.30pm).

 

Go to:https://vaccinewebinar2.eventbrite.co.uk to register for the webinar, which is titled ‘Are you hesitant to take the COVID vaccine?’

 

The webinar will aim to build trust amongst those in the community who are showing signs of hesitancy when it comes to having the vaccine. This will be achieved by outlining the facts, addressing all the pertinent issues and explaining the science.

 

The webinar will include presentations to help explain how the virus affects people’s immune system, the science behind the vaccine, and the issues of trust and doubt that local people might have in relation to the vaccine.

 

 

Last night's Brent Council Webinar on Covid19 vaccination

 

A Brent resident undecided about the Covid vaccine? Attend this webinar tonight.

 

Aware of wariness about the Covid vaccinations from some residents and particularly concern over low take-up in the BAME community, Brent Council is putting on a special Webinar tonight.

This is the announcement from the Brent Council website:

Residents who want to know more about the COVID-19 vaccine are being invited to a free webinar to get answers to their questions.

Taking place on Monday, January 25, between 6pm and 7.30pm, the free session will enable participants to separate the facts from the fiction and gain a better understanding when it comes to being vaccinated against COVID-19.

The session will include a panel of community representatives and a local Doctor and will be hosted by Cllr Promise Knight, Brent’s Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Engagement.

”Thousands of people in Brent, and more than 3.5million across the country, have already chosen to take up the vaccination against COVID 19, but we know some people are wary of it,” said Cllr Knight. “Others have adopted a wait and see approach, and obviously this is about personal choice.

“But be under no illusions that the number of COVID infections, hospitalisations and deaths remains worryingly high and residents need all the facts so they can make their own informed choice when the vaccine is offered to them.”

Dr John Licorish, Deputy Director of Public Health Brent, will give a presentation about the COVID 19 vaccine at the webinar that will also include a panel of community representatives.

These will include Alton P Bell, Senior Pastor at Wembley Family Church, who grew up and attended schools in Brent and is a qualified Industrial Chemist, IT specialist, theologian, church leader, writer, mentor and community activist.

Dr Musharraf Hussain al-Azhari, will also be on the panel. Chief Executive of the Karimia institute, he has a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences. After twelve years as a scientist he decided to dedicate himself to developing Muslim communities in the UK, studying, teaching and writing twenty books and more than three hundred essays.

Atara Fridler will also be a panel member. She has been the Director at Crisis Brent Skylight since April 2016, overseeing the delivery of services to over 500 people who are either homeless or faced with homelessness.

Residents can sign-up to attend the webinar online by clicking here.

More information about the rollout of the NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme in the borough, is available on our website.

Mass Covid19 NHS Vaccination Centre to open in Wembley Park next week

The former Network Homes HQ (test centre is entrance is round the corner from the main entrance)

A large scale vaccination site in Wembley Park is to be opened by North West London NHS at the former Network Homes headquarters in Fulton Road at the corner of Olympic Way. The building is awaiting redevelopment as the new site for the College of North West London.

The NHS Vaccination Centre will open next week to vaccinate people aged 80 and over abd health and care workers.

Brent Council said:

The large-scale site in Wembley is capable of delivering thousands of the life-saving jabs each week and offers a convenient alternative to GP-led and hospital services that are already set up across NW London.

Letters are being sent to people aged over 80 who live up to a 45 minute drive from the new centre, who have not already been vaccinated, inviting them to book an appointment either by phone or online through the national booking system.

People should wait until they receive their invite letter and should not call their GP but use the booking line, when their invite arrives. If an appointment has already been offered by the GP, please keep this appointment.

More Vaccination Centres will be launched in NW London in the coming weeks to increase the numbers of people who can be conveniently vaccinated each day.

The NHS vaccination programme, the biggest in the health service’s history, is being delivered as health service staff are treating record numbers of seriously ill patients with COVID, caused by rapidly rising infection numbers.

Please don’t contact the NHS to seek a vaccine, the NHS will contact you. When you are contacted, please attend your booked appointments. And whether you have had a vaccine or not, please continue to follow all the guidance to control the virus and save lives – that means staying at home as much as you can, and following the ‘hands, face, space’ guidance when you can’t.

Invites to book at the centres are being sent to people aged 80 or over who have not yet been vaccinated and live within a 45 minutes’ drive from the site, with more sites opening in the coming weeks.

The letters will explain how they can book a slot over the phone or online through the national booking service, and NHS leaders are urging people not to turn up at the centres or try to book without receiving them.

The new vaccination centres will each be capable of delivering thousands of vaccinations each week, scaling their operations up and down according to vaccine supplies and demand.

People who book in to a vaccine centre should note marshals will be on hand to help people to the right place. Bookings are staggered to allow social distancing and please don’t arrive until five minutes before your appointment time. Travel information will be available from Monday at www.tfl.gov.uk/jabs

Healthwatch Brent's Winter Community Presentation - lots of useful information for residents

 Below are the slides of the presentation at Brent Healthwatch's Winter Community Event. They were correct on December 16th but remember our area moved into Tier 4 on December 20th. There is much useful information in the presentations. Click bottom right for full page version. 

Covid Vaccination Details HERE

Tier 4 restrictions details HERE

Arranging a FREE Covid 19 tests in Brent HERE

Barry Gardiner concerned about potential vaccination delay in Brent care homes

 Yesterday Barry Gardiner, MP for Brent North, in the House of Commons, raised the issue of potential delay in vaccinating people in Brent Care Homes

Barry Gardiner:

Mr James Canning became our first octogenarian in Brent to receive the vaccine earlier this week. While congratulating him and the Wembley Practice team who delivered it, does the Secretary of State share my concern that care homes in Brent have been advised that the 970 doses that are in the vaccine packs cannot be split because of the licensing conditions, meaning that those in our care homes who are over 80 may have to wait until February or for the Oxford vaccine before they get vaccinated? Is that the case? If so, why? That is hardly the “protective ring” around care homes that he promised.

 

Matt Hancock:

I am glad to say that we are making significant progress on tackling this issue. When the hon. Gentleman says it is a licensing concern, that should not be read to imply that it is some bureaucratic rule; it is about ensuring that things are done safely. If the vaccine is not delivered safely to the site, it is not an effective vaccine. Therefore, we are taking it carefully to be able to vaccinate in care homes. There has been some vaccination in care homes across the UK, so it can be done, and I hope we can make good progress soon.

Brent Covid19 Event tonight - restrictions, vaccinations, social isolation 6pm tonight

 

ABOUT THIS EVENT
The aim of the event is to signpost Brent residents to key COVID information. We will be looking at:

Current lockdown restrictions Focusing on the upcoming holiday season and what does this mean for me and my family? What can I do if I am feeling isolated? What services are there available for me?

Vaccinations To help you understand the vaccines offered and how they work. Focusing on the flu, COVID-19 and cervical cancer vaccinations.

 
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS
Councillors, Clinical Commissioners and Public Health officials will also be there to answer your questions. So please send us your questions about the above topics before the event by email to info@healthwatchbrent.co.uk

EVENT DETAILS
When: Wednesday 16 December 2020 
Time: 6pm – 7.30pm
Where: Online using Zoom

TO BOOK YOUR PLACE
Please register your attendance