LOCs Help Promote Primary Eye Care in NHS Birthday Celebrations!

9 July 2021

 

LOCs provided pictures for a special NHS 73^rd Birthday video that celebrated the work of primary care.

The video highlighted:

• More than 1000 PCN led vaccination sites and nearly 700 community pharmacy sites
• More than 65 million COVID-19 vaccines being administered
• Over 7.5 million COVID-19 vaccines administered by community pharmacy
• General practice teams expanded with 14 new roles
• 8 million GP appointments in April 2021 alone
• 295 million GP appointments since April 2020
• Community Pharmacist Consultation Service supported 10,000 patients via their GP
• 600 Urgent dental centres during the pandemic
• 10,000 looking after you too coaching sessions booked
• 4 million sight tests

Thanks to David Hill (Suffolk LOC), Prakash Rughani (Barnet, Enfield, Camden &  Harringey LOC) and Jill Umpleby (Cheshire LOC) for supplying the pictures.

Click here to see the video.