The 50 hospitals where the Covid vaccine will be distributed next week

Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary,  said there are 50 hospitals across the UK set up and ready to rollout the Covid vaccine within the next few days.

Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, said there are 50 hospitals across the UK set up and ready to rollout the Covid vaccine within the next few days.

50 Covid vaccine hospitals ready

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was approved for clinical use by regulators earlier this week and Matt Hancock announced that 50 hospitals are prepared to administer the Covid vaccine.

Sir Simon Stevens said over 80s and care home staff will get the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine from next week.

GP surgeries will follow suit in operating as local vaccination centres in the coming weeks, with plans for 1,000 hubs across England.

The UK is the first country in the world to have a clinically-authorised vaccine to roll out.

Although some will receive the vaccine next week, the majority of the vaccinations will take place from January to April for the at-risk population.

These hospitals will be first to receive the vaccine

1. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
2. Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals
3. Cambridge University Hospitals
4. Chesterfield Royal Hospital
5. Countess of Chester Hospital
6. Croydon University Hospital
7. Dartford and Gravesham Hospitals
8. Dorset County Hospitals
9. East and North Hertfordshire Hospitals
10. East Kent Hospitals
11. East Suffolk and North Essex Hospitals
12. Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
13. Gloucestershire Hospitals
14. Great Western Hospitals
15. Guys & St Thomas NHS Trust
16. James Paget University Hospitals
17. Kings College Hospital
18. Princess Royal University Hospital, Kings
19. Lancashire Teaching Hospital
20. Leeds Teaching Hospital
21. Leicester Partnership NHS Trust
22. Liverpool University Hospitals
23. Medway NHS Foundation Trust
24. Mid and South Essex Hospitals
25. Milton Keynes University Hospital
26. Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
27. Northampton General Hospital
28. North Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
29. North West Anglia Foundation Trust
30. Nottingham University Hospitals
31. Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
32. Portsmouth Hospital University
33. Royal Cornwall Hospitals
34. Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
35. Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
36. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
37. Sherwood Forest Hospitals
38. Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust
39. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
40. St George’s University Hospitals
41. The Newcastle Upon Type Hospitals
42. University College Hospitals
43. University Hospitals Birmingham
44. University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
45. University Hospitals Derby Burton
46. University Hospitals of North Midlands
47. University Hospitals Plymouth
48. United Lincolnshire Hospitals
49. Walsall Healthcare
50. West Hertfordshire Hospitals
51. Wirral University Teaching Hospital
52. Worcestershire Acute Hospitals
53. Yeovil District Hospital