The Grafton Centre in Cambridge is to launch this week as a Large Scale Vaccination Centre for residents to attend for their COVID vaccination as and when they are called up.

This is an additional option for residents, and does not replace existing venues such as Doddington Hospital.

Letters are being sent out by the national booking service initially to people aged 80 and over (widening to other age groups in the coming weeks) who live up to a 45 minute drive from the centre, inviting them to book an appointment either online or over the phone.

As usual, residents should wait to be contacted by the NHS about their vaccination, and should not contact the NHS to seek a vaccine. Nor should residents turn up to the vaccination centre without an appointment as they will not be able to be vaccinated.

Further details about the new Large Scale Vaccination Centre can be found here.