Mobile vaccine bus launches in Crawley
Alliance for Better Care has launched the bus for harder-to-reach vulnerable people in the community
Last updated 29th Jan 2021
Sussex-based GP Federation, Alliance for Better Care (ABC), has launched a Covid-19 Mobile Vaccination Unit in Crawley. The project is being staffed by ABC's Community Team and is providing vaccines to harder-to-reach and vulnerable groups in the area.
Appointments for the mobile unit are by invitation only and can be booked through the federation's GP practices so people are asked to wait until they're invited.
Katherine Saunders, Chief Executive, Alliance for Better Care said: “We are really proud of our ABC Director, Matt Cullis, for coordinating this. It has real potential to get the COVID vaccine to hard-to-reach groups, something primary care really excels at.”
Matt Cullis, ABC Director said: “We’re committed to making our vaccine service accessible to the whole community, and using a bus that is staffed by our community team was the simple and obvious solution. We're always looking for ways that we can innovate and impact the care provided in our community. We're extremely fortunate to be backed by a team that could help launch our Mobile Vaccination Unit in a short space of time.”
The bus provides a self-contained, clean and safe location for vaccinations to take place, and benefits from its inbuilt one-way system. The ABC team would like to thank Lewis Jackson and the whole Metrobus team for making this possible.
Brighton & Hove and Metrobus Managing Director Martin Harris said: “We are pleased and proud to get behind the roll out of the NHS Covid-19 vaccination programme and especially to help vulnerable people and hard-to-reach communities get their vaccines. I’d like to thank Metrobus colleagues and our NHS partners, Alliance for Better Care, for their hard work in mobilising this vital service so quickly."