Here is Dr Madeleine Ford administering the jab to the first two Blandford residents receiving their vaccinations at Whitecliff Surgery last week.

Doreen Wort is 83 and her husband Anthony 85, living at Ryan Court, Blandford. Their son farms at Sixpenny Handley, and Doreen was proudly telling me that she is still working, and they are busy lambing at the moment!

The team at Whitecliff swung into action very quickly after the vaccine arrived at around 3.30pm, and these first jabs for members of the public was just after 4.30pm – they were also vaccinating their team during what was described as a ‘trial run’ before the first patient vaccinations day, for which they had 384 people booked in.

Whitecliff (part of the Blandford Primary Care Network) is one of three GP surgeries which are administering vaccinations – the other two being the Sturminster Newton Medical Centre (Vale Primary Care) and The Digby Hall, Sherborne (Sherborne Area Network).

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