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Grab a jab: Weekend push for life-saving jabs as walk-in clinics open across the West Midlands

Walk-in clinics are opening across the West Midlands this weekend in a big push to get as many people as possible vaccinated against COVID-19.

The bumper weekend of walk-ins, which runs from Friday 25 until Monday 28 June, aims to make it easier and more convenient than ever for all adults who have not had either dose of their vaccine yet to come forward – crucially boosting the numbers of people receiving their first and second dose jabs.

People will be able to choose from mobile, pop-up and pharmacy-led vaccine sites across the region offering walk-in appointments, with no appointment needed. This is in addition to the pre-bookable appointments which are still available to book via the NHS website.

The NHS has launched a new online service at www.nhs.uk/grab-a-jab enabling people to simply enter their postcode and find their nearest walk-in site. Text messages will be sent to people living nearby who haven’t had their first dose yet.

From walk-in services at sports grounds, including Villa Park, Edgbaston Cricket Ground and Burton Albion’s Pirelli Stadium, as well as Millennium Point, vaccination buses, mobile vans, community centres and schools, NHS staff and volunteers are pulling out the stops to offer convenient jab appointments.

Alison Tonge, the NHS England and NHS Improvement director responsible for overseeing the vaccination programme across the Midlands, said:

“I would urge everyone who has yet to have a first dose or second dose of the life-saving COVID-19 vaccine to pop along to one of the many participating walk-in clinics taking place across the West Midlands this weekend. We are confident that people can find a date and location to suit everyone and many clinics are open this weekend from 8am-9pm. You can also book a jab at www.nhs.uk/covid-vaccination.

“As the largest-ever NHS vaccination programme continues, these walk-in sites are key to ensuring that no-one is left behind for any reason.

“We know that getting both doses is vital to maximising the protection that the vaccine offers, so please come forward for both jabs, and follow the tens of millions who have already got themselves this essential protection from COVID-19.”

The West Midlands walk-in sites open this weekend are as follows:

Birmingham and Solihull
• Aston Villa Football Club, Aston
• Edbgaston Cricket Ground Edgbaston B5 7QU
• Millennium Point, Birmingham
• Richmond Primary Care Centre, Bordsley Green East

Black Country and West Birmingham
• Aldersley Leisure Village Vaccination Centre, Wolverhampton
• City Hospital – Cardiac Rehab Gym, West Birmingham
• Saddlers Vaccination Centre, Walsall
• Tipton Sports Academy, Tipton
• Vaccination bus at Dudley Moore Street Centre Car Park, Brierley Hill
• Vaccination Bus at Wolverhampton East Park, Wolverhampton

Coventry and Warwickshire
• Aldermoor Life Centre, Coventry
• Bedworth Civic Hall, Bedworth
• Coventry Transport Museum, Coventry
• Lisle Court Medical Centre, Leamington Spa
• Stoneleigh Park, Stoneleigh

Herefordshire and Worcestershire
• Artrix Centre, Bromsgrove
• The Guildhall, Worcester

Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin
• Shrewsbury Indoor Bowls Centre
• Telford International Centre
• The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt, Oswestry
• Turreff Hall, Telford

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
• Alderwood Medical Practice, Cannock
• Kingston Centre, Stafford
• Pirelli Stadium, Burton-on-Trent
• Roman Way Hotel, Cannock
• Smallthorne Branch Surgery, Stoke on Trent
• Whitemoor Lakes vaccination centre, Lichfield, Burton-on-Trent

 

The list is correct at time of issue on 25 June. Please check at www.nhs.uk/grab-a-jab for full details and opening hours.