South West London CCG Annual Report and Accounts 2020/21

of a single South West London wide service, with local delivery where appropriate, for patients also accessing local primary care, social prescribing, IAPT and social care support. At a Merton and Wandsworth level we have developed a model based on a partnership between primary care, our community services provider and the acute hospital to provide an accessible and effective service. Local GPs will be able to refer patients into a single point of access which will provide an integrated response, with care coordinated between a number of different services depending upon the needs of individual patients. In addition to services provided by doctors, nurses and therapists there will be links to IAPT services, social care and the voluntary sector. This will be supported with a public facing communications and engagement plan. Delivering the Covid-19 vaccination programme in Merton and Wandsworth In just six weeks from the end of November 2020, our GPs set up vaccination sites across both boroughs and from December 2020, started to call the most vulnerable eligible people for their vaccinations, rapidly working through the first four cohorts and offering them all the vaccine by 15 February. From March 2021, our GPs, nurses and pharmacists worked with local communities and faith groups to set up clinics in various community locations to bring vaccinations closer to local people. Pop-ups were run at New Horizon Centre Pollards Hill, Mitcham Family Practice, Colliers Wood Community Centre, Baitul Futuh Mosque, Salvation Army Centre, St Mark’s Church Mitcham and Shree Ghanapathy Temple all in Merton and Fazl Mosque in Wandsworth. These clinics have enabled us to reach groups in the population who have had lower take up of the vaccine and have so far proved successful in getting more people to take the vaccine. Throughout the programme, our engagement team worked with GPs and pharmacists and local councils to talk to different groups and communities online through virtual meetings and events, answering questions to help address the concerns of many people about the vaccine. You can read more about this engagement on our website as well as in the Merton Patient and Public Engagement governance and assurance section. In just six weeks from the end of November 2020, our GPs set up vaccination sites across both boroughs and from December 2020, started to call the most vulnerable eligible people for their vaccinations Annual Report and Accounts 2020/21 | 49