Final Covid jabs to be delivered at Salisbury City Hall tomorrow
Nearly 290,000 vaccines have been administered there
Last updated 27th Jan 2023
The Covid vaccine centre at Salisbury City Hall is to close tomorrow - ending a two year stint of the venue being used by the NHS.
Wiltshire Council say the partnership has been 'successful' since January 2021.
Nearly 290,000 jabs have been administered during that time - an average of 1,700 every day.
It also works out as 10.7% of all the jabs in the Wiltshire region.
Hayley Morgan, Consultant in Public Health for Wiltshire, said:
“Having a vaccination centre at City Hall has been great asset in the COVID-19 response, and we want to congratulate our NHS colleagues for helping to protect so many people across the county. Whilst City Hall will no longer be a vaccination centre, you can still get vaccinated at other Wiltshire locations to protect yourself and your family.”
Gill May, Chief Nurse, Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board, said:
“City Hall has been an essential site for our vaccination program for more than two years, and has helped to deliver over 10% of total COVID-19 vaccinations in our region.
“And while it is bittersweet to leave this venue after so long, we do so in a much better place, with the vast majority of our population now vaccinated against COVID-19, and the height of the pandemic firmly behind us.
“Of course, we will continue to keep a close eye on COVID-19, and should there be a need to stand-up a large vaccination site in Salisbury in the future, we will absolutely be ready to go again.”
What happens to City Hall now?
Wiltshire Council have said throughout the process that they're keen to use City Hall as an entertainment venue again.
They've said they'll 'continue to look at options for City Hall, including re-engaging with the industry to seek partners for running the venue'.
That's likely to be a third party operator.
The authority wasn't successful in applying for 'Levelling Up' money from the Government towards the venue though.
Cllr Richard Clewer, Leader of Wiltshire Council, said:
“We were happy that we were able to work in partnership supporting our NHS colleagues using the City Hall as a successful vaccination centre to help the residents of Wiltshire through the COVID-19 pandemic.
“In terms of the venue itself, whilst it’s unfortunate that we were unsuccessful in our bid for Levelling Up funding for City Hall we continue to work hard to look at the options available and we’ll keep people as updated as possible throughout this process.”