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Feilding Palmer Hospital

Tuesday 12 January 2021 · 2 questions

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Key points

  • Alberto Costa asked about reopening Feilding Palmer Hospital in Lutterworth as a covid-19 vaccination centre.
  • The Minister confirmed over 2700 vaccination sites are operational across the UK.
  • The Minister thanked Alberto Costa for his support in ensuring constituents access to vaccination centres.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Alberto Costa Con South Leicestershire
NHS
Context

The MP raised concerns about the status of Feilding Palmer Community Hospital in Lutterworth as a potential site for reopening as a covid-19 vaccination centre.

Question

If he will take steps to ensure that Feilding Palmer Community Hospital in Lutterworth is reopened as a covid-19 vaccination centre. Across the United Kingdom we have more than 2,700 vaccination sites up and running, with seven vaccination centres opening this week and more to come next week and the week after.

Answer from Nadhim Zahawi

Across the United Kingdom we have more than 2,700 vaccination sites up and running, with seven vaccination centres opening this week and more to come next week and the week after. Regarding the question about Feilding Palmer hospital that my hon. Friend has raised, I can confirm that this site is now being actively considered as a vaccination hub.

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Q2 Alberto Costa Con South Leicestershire
NHS
Context

The MP thanked the Minister for supporting the reopening of Feilding Palmer hospital as a vaccination centre and asked if other areas like Broughton Astley, Braunstone, Thorpe Astley, and Arnesby would also have access to local vaccination centres.

Question

I thank the Minister and his team for the help that they gave me and my team in cajoling, pushing and encouraging the clinical commissioning group to reopen the Feilding Palmer hospital in Lutterworth as a vaccination centre; that is excellent news for the people of Lutterworth and the surrounding villages. Will the Minister also confirm that the remaining parts of south Leicestershire, from Broughton Astley to Braunstone, from Thorpe Astley to Arnesby, will also be able to access vaccination centres locally?

Answer from Nadhim Zahawi

I am grateful to my hon. Friend not just for his characteristic support and encouragement, but for his championing of his constituents. I can confirm, as the Secretary of State has said, that all his constituents will be no more than 10 miles away from a vaccination centre, and I am pleased that the Sturdee Road health and wellbeing centre, which is a little over 10 miles away from Lutterworth, is administering vaccines now.

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