A MASS vaccination centre is due to relocate.

Ulverston's vaccination centre, currently located within the sports hall at GlaxoSmithKline is moving to nearby Gill Rise over the weekend and will reopen on Monday.

The centre, which takes vaccination bookings by calling 119 or via the National Booking System website, is moving to a new home so that the sports hall can be returned for use by GSK.

The company has provided the site at no charge to support the rollout of vaccinations in the town and surrounding areas.

The new site based within Gill Rise will sit in a building behind Ulverston Health Centre.

Access to the new site will be through the health centre car park.

People who have booked their vaccination via the national portal will be invited to attend the vaccination site at Gill Rise.

Patients registered with the Mid-Furness Primary Care Network will be invited to receive their vaccination within the surgery's premises next door.

However, patients who are eligible for a vaccination or booster, can choose to book with either the 119 or national portal, or via their primary care network.

Dee Houghton, deputy chief operating officer at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, which has been staffing the vaccination centre alongside volunteers, said: "We'd like to extend our profound thanks to GSK for their incredible support of the vital vaccination roll-out programme. Thanks to them, we have been able to administer over 46.000 first or second doses of vaccinations quickly and safely.

"We will continue to offer the same great service at Gill Rise, which will be open for bookings from 8am on October 25 and look forward to welcoming the community to this new facility.

"Members of the public should remember that the new site is not a 'walk-in' service and you must have an appointment before you attend. You should also make sure you are wearing a surgical mask for your appointment so that we can minimise the spread of infection. "

Gill Rise is a former NHS building which is now being brought back into use.

Overall, across Morecambe Bay there have been almost 500,000 vaccinations administered by a combination of GP practices, volunteers, UHMBT staff, alongside specialist services delivered to supported accommodation and residential or nursing homes.