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COVID Vaccine Scam Advice

Dear Watch Member,

Our colleagues from the NHS have issued the following advice relating to COVID vaccine scams.

Remember the NHS will NEVER ask for:

  • Payment – all vaccines are FREE
  • Your bank details
  • Arrive unannounced at your home to administer the vaccine
  • Ask you to prove your identity by sending copies of personal documents

COVID vaccine scam guidelines (647 KB)

Please share this information with your friends and neighbours, or encourage them to join OWL, so they can receive information like this straight to their inbox.

If you need to reply regarding this message, tap on this email address: [email protected]

Regards,
Lee O’Brien
Pinner Safer Neighbourhood Team
Email: [email protected]

All your Covid questions answered!

Harrow Council LogoHarrow Council are holding another COVID Webimar.

 

Want to know more about the coronavirus figures here in Harrow? Wondering when you’re likely to get the vaccine?

Have all your Covid questions answered at our next Covid Community Webinar on Tuesday 19 January, 6.30-7.30pm.

There will be presentations from Director of Public Health Carole Furlong and Chair of NHS Harrow CCG Dr Genevieve Small, as well as updates from CEO Sean Harriss and Leader Cllr Graham Henson. Please click here to join the Zoom webinar next Tuesday, or dial in on 0208 080 6592  (webinar ID: 984 9179 7343, passcode: 781109). Read more

Message from The Hive COVID Vaccination Centre

Dear Watch Member,

Message from The Hive COVID Vaccination Centre- Barnet Football Ground.

Staff/volunteers at location ask people not to just turn up without an appointment but to wait until they are invited.

Staff are currently only vaccinating over 80 year olds.

The site is being inundated with people turning up hoping there are spare vaccines left at the end of the day.

The site has strict criteria on who they can offer a vaccine to and at the moment they can only vaccinate over 80 year olds and healthcare professionals, again with an appointment.

 

Please respect these rules.

If you need to reply regarding this message, tap on this email address: [email protected]

Regards,
Lennie Charalambous
Senior Office Assistant

Help Name the Waxwell Lane Car Park Development.

Harrow Council are looking for your input.  The Pinner Association have provided them with a list of possible names but there may be others that are much more suitable.  If you are interested at the local/reasoning behind the names – click on the document below (Rational behind the names). Please submit your options by 20 January. Thank you

Rational behind the names.

Tithe Farm Club becomes Covid-19 vaccination centre in Harrow

From Harrow Times Reporter Joseph Reaidi.

A second vaccination centre in Harrow has launched in a push to protect those in high-priority for a Covid-19 vaccination.

The grounds for Rayners Lane FC, the Tithe Farm Club, has begun to operate as a vaccination centre from today (January 8).

Time slots will be four-hour slots and seven days a week.

Car parking at the site is said to be limited, and only the patient (and if necessary one carer) will be allowed into the building.

Vaccinations are issued by appointments only through GPs based on the NHS prioritisation list.

Harrow West MP. Gareth Thomas met with chairman of the club Martin Noblett, in a meeting before the opening.

This marks the second vaccination centre in the area, after The Hive London, home of Barnet Football Club in Cannons Park, launched one earlier in December.

And as part of a bid for more Covid-19 support in the area, St Ann’s Shopping Centre opened up as a Covid-19 testing centre on January 7.

The new vaccination centre is currently looking for volunteers to help administrate the vaccine, anyone who can help out is asked to contact [email protected]

 

Fake Text regarding Covid-19 Vaccines

Dear Watch Member,

Today, we have been alerted to a highly believable scam which starts with a text message and advises the user that they are eligible to apply for the vaccine and to click on the link in the message. The user is then led to a webpage, which looks very convincing and asks them to complete some details, in order for them to be able to apply for the vaccine.

The details asked for are:

  • Name
  • Address
  • Date of birth
  • Proof of address
  • Card payment details

With the recent approval of multiple vaccines in the UK, these types of scam attempts are likely to continue, as fraudsters continue to take advantage of the rollout to primarily vulnerable people.

Please read the article on the below website:

https://www.ourwatch.org.uk/news/fake-text-identifying-you-eligible-covid-19-vaccine

If you need to reply regarding this message, tap on this email address: [email protected]

Regards,
Lee O’Brien
Pinner Safer Neighbourhood Team
Email: [email protected]

Welcome Brick Mortar to Pinner

We would like to welcome Richard Morgan of Brick Mortar to Pinner.

Richard qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1983 and has extensive knowledge of Residential and Commercial Sales, Lettings and Development Projects. End to end property solutions with in-house specialists: Chartered Surveyors, Estate Agents, Mortgage Brokers and Solicitors. Covering Pinner, Ruislip, Northwood and surrounding areas.

On Monday 21 December he will be doing a soft opening and the grand opening will be on 4 January 21.

It will be strictly appointments only. Telephone 020 8057 2200