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NHS Grampian named second-best in Scotland for Covid vaccine roll-out © Jane Barlow/ PA Wire A mass Covid vaccination centre has been set up at the P&J Live arena in Aberdeen. Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up NHS Grampian has been named one of the best-performing health boards for administering the Covid vaccine – as...

Updated: 05/02/2021, 5:41 pm © PA A nurse prepares a vaccine. NHS Grampian has been named one of the best-performing health boards for administering the Covid vaccine – as the country hit a new milestone in the roll-out. A meeting of the authority’s board yesterday was told more than 70,000 people have received their first of two jabs protecting them against coronavirus. This includes more than 88% of care home staff and more than 96% of the over-80s. Vaccination teams across the region ha...

BBC News Published image copyrightGetty Images An apology has been issued after people turned up for their given Covid vaccination appointments when their clinic in Aberdeenshire was closed. A "small number" were sent appointments for the Inverurie clinic outside its opening hours. The Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership said it was caused by an error in the booking system. AHSCP said: "We can only apologise for this and we are working to ensure that this does not happen again." M...

© PA Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up NHS Grampian has announced several north-east vaccination venues will no longer offer jab appointments in order to concentrate staff and vaccine supply to fewer sites. Outreach clinics in Alford and Ellon won’t be used in the next phase of the programme as part of the move. The staff at those facilities will instead move to the larger sites, enabling longer clinic ...

Covid-19 vaccination clinics no longer planned for Alford and Ellon NHS Grampian has announced some changes to its vaccination programme in Aberdeenshire. The health board says the move is in an attempt to accelerate the pace of vaccination in the coming weeks. Outreach clinics in Alford and Ellon will not be used for the next phase of the programme. Instead, NHS Grampian says staff at those facilities will move to the larger sites, enabling longer clinic sessions and the capacity t...

Updated: February 3, 2021, 12:26 pm © Darrell Benns / DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The Elgin and Aberdeen mass vaccination centres will be opened for seven days a week in the coming weeks. However, vaccine clinics in Ellon and Alford will be closed, with the staff there moving to the larger sites. NHS Grampian made this announcement as the health board looks to accelerate the pace of vacci...

Mass Covid vaccinations get under way in north-east Updated: 16/01/2021, 1:14 pm The largest mass vaccination programme ever seen in the UK is underway in the north-east. The second phase of vaccinations has begun its rollout with those over the age of 80 years old eligible to get the jab. NHS Grampian has said it is confident all eligible candidates for the first two phases of vaccinations will have been offered their first dose by the end of the month. It comes as a vaccination clinic was hel...

Plans have been approved for mass vaccinations to begin in Grampian. Vaccine centres across the region will soon be opening as their plans ramp up.

Plans have been approved for mass vaccinations to begin in Grampian. Vaccine centres across the region will soon be opening as their plans ramp up.