AN Ulverston vaccination centre is moving to Gill Rose.

The centre, currently located within the sports hall at GSK is moving to the nearby Gill Rise over the weekend of 23 and 24 October and will re-open on 25 October 25.

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

Access to the new site will be through the Health Centre car park.

Members of the public 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, which are next door, as they were at the start of the vaccination programme.

Dee Houghton, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, 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 Monday 25 October 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. "

The Ulverston site has been supporting the vaccination programme across the South Lakes and wider communities.

This is alongside the vaccination programme that has been run by primary care networks - groups of GPs working together.

The two services will continue to run side by side.

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.