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Powys Teaching Health Board and the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society working together to deliver COVID vaccination

Wednesday this week saw the opening of the new Mass Vaccination Centre at the Royal Welsh Showground in Llanelwedd, Builth Wells. In its first few days of operation it will see almost 1,000 Powys residents aged 80 and over receive their first dose of the COVID vaccine.

14/01/2021
Mobile Testing Units in Powys move to Llansantffraid and Llandrindod Wells.

Two mobile testing units will be moving to new locations in Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain and Llandrindod Wells from Saturday 16 January.

14/01/2021
Vaccination Heroes: Military Support

We at Powys Teaching Health Board would like to express our thanks to the six members of the RAF who are supporting us with the roll out of COVID vaccinations.

13/01/2021
All 16 GP Practices in Powys are joining the COVID-19 vaccination programme in January
Row of Covid vaccinations 
Row of Covid vaccinations 

A network of primary care-led vaccination clinics will open across the county by the end of the month. 

13/01/2021
COVID-19 vaccination information if you are registered with a GP outside Powys
A sign that reads Powys
A sign that reads Powys

Your invitation for COVID-19 will normally come from the county where you are registered with a GP.

13/01/2021
Care Home residents receive vaccination in all parts of the county

Residents of care homes in Newtown are amongst the latest people to receive COVID-19 vaccination in the county.

13/01/2021
Please attend your COVID-19 appointment only at your confirmed appointment time

COVID-19 vaccination appointments are only available if you have a confirmed date and time. Please attend at your allotted time.

13/01/2021
Q&A session available to watch online

Our Q&A session with Carol Shillabeer is available to watch online.

13/01/2021
Update on COVID-19 Vaccination Booking and Appointments

Please wait to be contacted about our appointment. Please do not contact your GP, pharmacy, health board, hospital or local authority.

11/01/2021
Online Q&A Event on COVID-19 Vaccination in Powys

An online Q&A Event on COVID-19 Vaccination in Powys will take place on 12 January with Carol Shillabeer, Chief Executive, Powys Teaching Health Board.

09/01/2021
COVID-19 Vaccination Newsletter now available

The first edition of our COVID-19 vaccination bulletin is available to read online.

09/01/2021
Great progress on care home vaccination in Powys

Thursday saw another 250 care home residents vaccinated in Powys across nine different care homes.

09/01/2021
Coronavirus is increasing in Powys

Powys communities are being urged to be on their guard for Coronavirus and follow social distancing guidelines to slow the spread of the virus.

09/01/2021
Pathfinder GP practice-led vaccinations under way for Presteigne patients

Alongside the county’s mass vaccination centres, the first GP practice-led COVID-19 vaccinations get under way next week in a pathfinder service through Presteigne Medical Centre.

08/01/2021
Care Home vaccinations begin in Powys

Today, 6 January 2021, Crosfield House in mid-Powys saw the first care home residents in the county receive their COVID vaccine.

07/01/2021
Third Mass Vaccination Centre set to open in Powys

A new mass vaccination centre is set to open in Powys next week, with the arrival of the appointment-only facility at the Royal Welsh Showground in Builth Wells.

05/01/2021
A Christmas Message from Vivienne Harpwood and Carol Shillabeer

We wish you health, hope and happiness for the festive season and the year ahead.

24/12/2020
First pathfinder COVID-19 vaccination appointments for over 80s taking place next week
A sign that reads Powys
A sign that reads Powys

The first pathfinder appointments for people aged over 80 in Powys will take place next week.

23/12/2020
Keep Christmas Safe in Powys

We have joined the First Minister and public service leaders across Wales in a joint message to the people of Wales ahead of Christmas.

22/12/2020
FAQs about the new variant of Coronavirus

Public Health Wales has published FAQs about the new variant of coronavirus

21/12/2020