THE surgery which administered coronavirus vaccinations to six members of staff at National League club Chesterfield acted within NHS guidelines to ensure the jabs were not wasted, an investigation has concluded.
Three players and three non-playing staff were understood to have been given the Pfizer jabs earlier this year at the Stubley Medical Centre in Dronfield.
The matter was investigated by NHS Derby and Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), which said at the time of opening the probe that it was “unacceptable to jump the queue.”
But it has now concluded that the jabs were administered to the Chesterfield contingent in exceptional circumstances.
AN INVESTIGATION has been opened into why six players and staff at Chesterfield were given Covid-19 jabs, with local NHS officials saying it is “unacceptable to jump the queue” but the club are arguing that it was done to avoid wasting expiring vaccine.
It is understood that three players and three members of staff at the National League club received vaccinations at short notice last week at the Stubley Medical Centre in Dronfield, Derbyshire.
The vaccine is currently being rolled out only to the most vulnerable in society, and NHS Derby and Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has now opened an investigation into the Chesterfield situation.