More than 40% of Derbyshire people have had Covid-19 vaccinations
MORE than 40% of everyone in Derbyshire aged 16 and above have had their Covid-19 vaccinations.
The latest vaccination data from NHS England shows that 346,001 Derby and Derbyshire residents have now received their first Covid-19 vaccine doses, as of February 28.
Analysis by the Local Democracy Reporting Service shows Derbyshire has vaccinated 41.15% of all residents aged 16 and over and 95.15% of all residents aged 65 and above. This places the county, through Joined Up Care Derbyshire, an organisation overseeing all health and social care authorities, in 14th and 15th place respectively out of the 42 health partnerships in England.
Data also shows the proportion of black, Asian and minority ethnic residents who have had their first jabs. Out of all of the more than 346,000 jabs which have been administered, BAME residents make up just 6%, despite representing 14.45% of the county and city as of the 2011 census. The 6%, however, is a minor improvement on the previous week of data.
Derbyshire vaccinated more people in the most recent week than it did in the previous set of data, vaccinating 44,364 further residents between February 21 and 28.
The jabs which have been administered in the county so far have been to priority groups 1-6.
These are: residents in care homes and their carers; patients ages 80 or over and frontline health and social care workers; patients aged 75 and over; and patients aged 70 and over, residents aged 16-69 who are clinically extremely vulnerable; patients aged 65-69; patients aged 16-64 who have a specific underlying health conditions which leave them more at risk from Covid-19.
In mid-February, William Jones, chief operating officer at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust and lead of the vaccination programme in the county and city, said Derbyshire aimed to vaccinate all those in groups five and six by mid-March. These groups – patients aged 65-69 and patients 16-64 who have specific underlying health conditions which leave them more at risk – started receiving vaccinations on February 15.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is aiming to have offered Covid-19 vaccines to all those in priority groups 5-9 by mid-April. This includes patients 50 and above as well as those with specific underlying health conditions. He also hopes to have offered Covid jabs to all adults by the end of July.
Once all residents aged 50 and above have been vaccinated, the next groups to receive jabs will be: All those aged 40-49; all those aged 30-39; and all those aged 18-29.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which advises government on this priority order, also stresses a need to prioritise vaccines for men; BAME residents; people who are clinically obese; and people in deprived neighbourhoods.
A TRAINER at a well-known Derby gym suffered a fractured eye socket when he was headbutted and punched in the reception area of the club, a trial has heard.
Paul Jackson walked down the stairs at the David Lloyd Health centre, in Pride Park where Fuzi Bradshaw shouted at him “what the **** have you been saying about me?” a jury was told.
The 44-year-old then walked over and attacked Mr Jackson in front of staff and gym members before a tussle took place and was split up by staff.
The defendant is on trial at Derby Crown Court for assault occasioning grievous bodily harm. He denies the charge saying it was Mr Jackson who threw the first punch and that he was acting in self-defence.
Victoria Rose, prosecuting, said the incident took place in the reception area of the health club in Riverside Close on April 1, 2019.
She said Bradshaw had known Mr Jackson and his wife for three years because he coached their son in football.
Miss Rose said: “Mr Jackson was working there as a trainer and heard a tannoy for his name. As he came downstairs to the reception area he heard a voice say ‘what the **** have you been saying about me?’ and that was Mr Bradshaw. He [Bradshaw] then walked over to him and headbutted him to the nose and then threw a punch to his eye.
“Mr Jackson was then able to get Mr Bradshaw in a headlock while he shouted for help.
“He [Bradshaw] continued to make threats while in the headlock when members of staff intervened.”
Miss Rose said once the pair were split up Bradshaw left David Lloyd’s.
She said Mr Jackson was taken for a CT scan where it was revealed he had suffered a fractured eye socket.
Miss Rose told the jury how the incident was witnessed by staff and members at the club who will be giving evidence during the trial.
She said Bradshaw, of Meadow Lane, Chilwell, Nottingham, called police himself the following day. He told them Mr Jackson was the one who threatened him and it was the trainer who threw the first punch.
She said: “Perhaps that was him getting in there first, knowing the police were going to come knocking on his door.
“He was arrested on April 30 where he did not answer any questions the police put to him. Instead he gave a prepared statement in which he said Mr Jackson had changed his behaviour towards him in September 2018.
“He started getting messages saying he was no longer welcome around his home or his children.
“The prosecution say Mr Bradshaw was the aggressor, he went to Mr Jackson’s workplace not to go for a quiet talk but to inflict the injuries.”
Richard Gibbs, defending, told the jury his client’s case will be that he acted in self-defence and that it was Mr Jackson who threw the first punch.
He said: “He was not the aggressor and in actual fact the first blow was struck not by Mr Bradshaw but by Mr Jackson.”
The trial continues.
PARTY-GOERS had to barricade themselves in a living room as a drunk neighbour tried to smash his way in using a baseball bat.
Derby Crown Court heard Guy Wilson then got into his truck and drove it into a fence.
The 33-year-old’s sentencing hearing was told earlier that evening he had been assaulted after going to the property, possibly to complain about the noise. He then assaulted a woman by throwing her over a fence before returning with the weapon.
And after police later saw him in his truck while twice the legal drinkdrive limit, he abandoned it and ran into woods.
Handing Wilson a six-month jail sentence, suspended for two years,
Judge Martin Hurst said: “Some people were having a private party outside their home and that caused you some irritation, possibly as you had a three-year-old child and it was late into the evening. You went over to remonstrate and you were assaulted.
“All of the witnesses are quiet about what exactly happened, but you lost your temper, you had been drinking and you attacked one of the women by throwing her over a fence.
“You went away and came back with a baseball bat and attacked the property with that. You then went away and came back in your vehicle, destroying a garden fence.
“I have no doubt the victims in this case were very frightened.”
Eunice Opare-Addo, prosecuting, said the incident took place on October 19, 2019 in Market Street, Ironville.
Wilson admitted affray, assault, carrying an offensive weapon and drink-driving. As well as the suspended jail term, he was banned from driving for 18 months and was told to do 200 hours of unpaid work.