The roll out of the COVID-19 vaccination programme in NCL has seen an amazing effort from staff and volunteers from across the health and care system. We have now reached over 810,000 vaccinations given and are extremely grateful to everyone involved for their hard work and commitment. There were two exciting developments in the programme this week. The first doses of the Moderna vaccine – the third COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in the UK –­ were given in NCL. We also moved into the second phase of the programme with everyone aged 45 or over, and people with certain underlying conditions, now able to book vaccinations.

We are absolutely thrilled to share the news that over a million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have now been given to North Central London’s residents, helping to provide vital protection to our communities against the virus. This is a highly impressive achievement, and one which has only been made possible thanks to the hard work and collaboration of health and care staff and volunteers from partner organisations across our five boroughs. We are extremely grateful for everyone’s contributions and have launched a new campaign to say 'thanks a million' to those who have worked around the clock to deliver the vaccine across our patch.

North London Partners in health and care, north central London’s Sustainability and Transformation Partnership, has announced that, following a full recruitment process, Rob Hurd has been appointed to the role of System Lead. This follows the decision to separate the roles of Sustainability and Transformation Partnership Convenor and Accountable Officer of NCL Clinical Commissioning Groups.

Mike Cooke has been appointed as the senior health and care chair to lead North Central London's emerging Integrated Care System (ICS).