Minehead Community Hospital is among Covid-19 vaccination centres now offering walk-in clinics for 12 to 15-year-olds as part of a local drive to make it as easy as possible for local people to get vaccinated.

Until recently, those in the 12 to 15 age group was being vaccinated in schools or could book a jab at a number of vaccination centres across the county. Now families also have the option of getting their children vaccinated at a walk-in clinic.

Caroline Upton, head of nursing and quality for the Somerset Covid-19 Vaccination Programme, said: “Teams of vaccinators, administrators and volunteers are working very hard to make it as easy as possible for local people to get their jabs.”

The Minehead hospital walk-in clinic for 12 to 15s will be open between 10am and 6pm. Appointments cannot be booked – it is drop-in only.

To find out which centres are offering walk in clinics, visit the ‘grab-a-jab’ website.

Gary Risdale from the Somerset Vaccination Programme said: “Children will also continue to be offered the Covid-19 jab through their schools.”