A PERMANENT vaccine centre is to be set up in the centre of Falmouth following intense lobbying from the Town Team.

The new Covid vaccine centre will be located in the Atherton Suite within the The Old Post Office – the office of Falmouth Town Council – right in the very centre of the town.

Conveniently situated on the Moor, the new clinic means that Falmouth residents of all ages can either pre-book appointments or simply turn-up at the new location to receive the appropriate vaccinations or boosters, depending on their status.

Until now, the closest permanent vaccine centre was at Stithians. Although well attended by Falmouth residents, the location is at least a 15-minute drive away or a 35-minute journey by public transport.

The distance and location has meant that large numbers of people who live in the Falmouth area have struggled to get there and back.

Since the start of the vaccination programme, Falmouth town centre pop-ups, also negotiated for by Falmouth Town Team, have proved a major success, hence the recent work to site a permanent clinic, which, depending on demand, will now be open four days a week.

The centre comes follows work behind the scenes with local and national health authorities and organisations and the Falmouth Town Team, the public/private sector partnership between Falmouth Town Council and Falmouth Business Improvement District (BID).