ACTING as a vaccination centre since January 2021, the City Hall held its last day of vaccinations on Saturday.

In 2021, during the COVID-19 surge, more than 1600 vaccinations were carried out in a single day, but the number of vaccinations has been slowly declining over time and is now down to about 100 per day.

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Nurse and clinical site manager, Claire Gorzanski said: “I joined in June 2021, and have been here for 18 months, and we have just had the anniversary of our second birthday which was January 2021.

More than 280,000 vaccinations have been administered on the City Hall site since it became a vaccination centre.

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Claire said: “We have had amazing feedback from citizens who have come here, and most would say they have had a good experience. It has been a great place to work and there has been good training.  

“The City Hall is closing today but what we are providing going forward is pop-up clinics.  There will be some in the Central Health Clinic, some at the Friary, some at Bemerton Heath, and some at Westbury and Warminster. People will need to look on the website and book accordingly.

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She added: “People will still receive annual reminders for their flu vaccines and Covid-19.”

Wiltshire Council revealed recently that the NHS paid £291k to use the City Hall as a Covid-19 vaccination centre from December 2, 2020, to March 31, 2022. The NHS continued to hire the venue throughout 2021-2022 which generated an income of more than £98,000 after costs.

Wiltshire Council confirmed in 2022 that it is looking to work with an organisation to run the venue on its behalf to provide long-term financial sustainability helping to safeguard the future of the City Hall.