A mobile vaccination bus will visit Hucknall on Monday, 16th August, as attempts are made to ensure more of the town's residents are vaccinated against Covid-19.

Ashfield Independent Councillors have welcomed the imminent visit of the vaccination bus to Tesco Extra Car Park on Ashgate Road after local councillors, including Lee Waters, raised the issue of poor vaccination levels in the centre of Hucknall with health bosses.

This was after figures revealed that residents who were doubly vaccinated in Hucknall Central was nearly 20% lower than other areas of the county such as West Bridgford.

Councillor Waters said: "We would encourage anybody who has not been vaccinated to pay Tesco a visit this Monday. It's critical that we all do our bit to fight this pandemic. We campaigned tirelessly to ensure that vaccinations were available at Rolls Royce Leisure after Hucknall was ignored earlier in the year. We've now been working behind the scenes to deal with the low vaccination rates in Hucknall. We're pleased to have sorted this but residents must take advantage."

Ashfield Council Leader Jason Zadrozny raised this issue with both public health and NHS bosses last month. He said: "An urgent meeting was held between Ashfield District Council, NHS bosses and Clinical Commissioning Group representatives. Our local Hucknall Councillors raised the issue of lower than average vaccination levels in the centre of the town. That was put to the meeting and this bus visiting Hucknall is one of the results. Leaflets and targeted Facebook advertising will accompany the visit of the bus and we hope to dramatically increase the vaccination levels in Hucknall as a result. As ever, we are working hard to ensure services come to Hucknall."

The bus will be in Hucknall from 10am-2pm on Monday and people who are yet to be vaccinated will be able to turn up on the day and receive their first jab.