Upcoming Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccine clinics for residents 18 and over

Extra vaccination clinics are being held this week as the drive to increase Covid-19 vaccination take-up and stop the spread of the virus continues.

The Rochdale Care Organisation, which runs Rochdale Infirmary and community services, is inviting people from Rochdale to come and get their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at one of a number of community drop in clinics at Rochdale Infirmary between Tuesday (6 July) and Thursday (8 July).

These clinics are for first vaccine doses only and no appointment is necessary; people can just drop in at any time while the clinic is open.

Those attending the Rochdale Infirmary drop in clinics must be eligible for their first vaccine, must not have already had their first vaccine, or not already have an appointment booked in anywhere else.

If you are unsure if you are eligible then you are encouraged to attend the clinic and the staff will be able to advise.

If you want to get your vaccine at one of the drop in clinics, you must also be registered with a GP in the borough of Rochdale.

Those attending the drop in clinics should bring their NHS number if possible, which can be found on the NHS website or a recent NHS letter.

The drop in clinics at Rochdale Infirmary are open on the following dates and times.

• Tuesday 6 July 12.30pm - 7.30pm
• Wednesday 7 July 8.30am - 3.30pm
• Thursday 8 July 10.30am - 7.30pm

Access to the walk in clinics is from the Rochdale Infirmary Outpatients Entrance on Quarry Street, Rochdale, OL12 0QF.

 

 

Drop in sessions are also being held at the Phoenix Centre, Heywood on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

These clinics are for both first and second Pfizer vaccinations (if it has been eight weeks or more since your first dose), plus second AstraZeneca vaccines (if over 40 and it has been eight weeks or more since first) to people who are registered with a GP in Heywood.

The drop in clinics at the Phoenix Centre in Heywood are open on the following dates and times.

• Tuesday 6 July from 5pm - 8pm
• Thursday 8 July from 6pm - 8pm 
• Saturday 10 July from 9am - 2pm

 

 

The mobile vaccination unit will be in Heywood on Wednesday 7 July to adminster Pfizer vaccinations for people aged 18 or over - first and second doses (if eight weeks or more since first) as well as second doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine (if over 40 and eight weeks or more since first):

• Wednesday 7 July, 1pm - 5pm in Morrisons supermarket car park, Dawson Street, Heywood, OL10 4PN

Then on Thursday 8 July, the mobile unit will be at the Golden Mosque in Rochdale administering first doses of Pfizer vaccine only.

• ​Thursday 8 July, 1pm - 3pm, ​Golden Mosque car park, 8 Lower Sheriff Street, Rochdale, OL12 6TG​

 

A Pfizer clinic for first vaccine doses only will take place at Deeplish Community Centre on Wednesday 7 July.

This clinic is for first vaccines for people aged 18 and over:

• Wednesday 7 July, 1pm - 3pm, Deeplish Community Centre, 59 Hare Street, Rochdale, OL11 1JT

 

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Anyone over 18 can book a vaccination through the national system via the NHS website. People who have not yet been vaccinated should soon start receiving text messages inviting them to book but it can also be done here.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is still considering whether children should be vaccinated and has still to make a decision on whether booster jabs will be given later in the year.