Coronavirus cases in Herefordshire are at an all time peak, with huge pressure on our local hospitals. Household mixing at Christmas will have played a part in this, and we are now expecting to see a reduction in cases following the subsequent lockdown. It has been...
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Surgeries still under pressure – update from our Primary Care Network 5 January 2021
As ever, things are changing rapidly around Covid-19 and our response. The new variant of Covid is more transmissible, which is leading to a significant rise in cases and a lot of pressure on health services, leading to this further lockdown. It is more important than...
Local support in latest lockdown
With England’s latest national lockdown announced on Monday 4th January, Ross-on-Wye Community Development Trust is aware that this may cause alarm and distress to some, especially those with medical problems who have been advised to shield. The charity’s Ross...
Secret Santa visits neighbourhood buddies
Santa has already been busy around Ross-on-Wye visiting the Ross Good Neighbours' buddies as well as some of the residents they look after. He spent a day knocking on doors (socially distant of course) with a little surprise gift, to spread some Christmas cheer in the...
Race against clock for Covid-19 vaccine roll out
Following a huge logistical effort involving GPs and nurses from six surgeries in the South & West Herefordshire Primary Care Network, supported by an organised team of local volunteers, the first Covid-19 vaccination programme in Ross-on-Wye was finally completed...
Vaccine roll out for Ross-on-Wye – update from our Primary Care Network 15 December
The start of the Covid-19 vaccination program is a huge milestone, potentially the start of the tide turning against this awful virus that has killed 62,000 people so far in the UK, and 1.5 million worldwide. Local GP practices are due to start vaccinating in...





