Yes, it was a bank holiday, and, yes, it was very wet, but these are not excuses. The no-shows effect the efficacy of their first jab and so do not help us move towards herd immunity. They also put extra strain on local health officials, who spent the bank holiday ringing round to make extra appointments so the doses did not go to waste. Thanks to their hard work, the injections did not go to waste. It would have been unforgivable if they had ended up in the bin when we see the suffering of people in somewhere like India, whose government has been unable to secure the quantities of the vaccine that our Government has bought.
Anger and dismay as dozens of people fail to turn up for their second dose appointments HEALTH workers have expressed their anger and dismay after dozens of people failed to turn up for their appointments for their second Covid jabs. The Darlington Primary Care Network tweeted: Yes we know it s a bank holiday but 129 people DID NOT ATTEND for their 2nd dose appointments yesterday and they didn t cancel them. Our team are giving up their Bank Holiday and have this extra stress as we have another clinic today so please turn up to get your 2nd dose. Darlington Borough Council tweeted: Please do everything you can to keep your second dose appointment in #Darlington.
Health workers were left furious after dozens of people failed to turn up for their appointment to get a second coronavirus jab leading to fears the shots could be wasted.
Darlington s Primary Care Network sent out a warning shot to the 129 people who missed their follow up appointments over the bank holiday weekend.
The County Durham town has trailing the national average for first doses of vaccinations but is ahead on second jabs.
Data shows 60 per cent of residents have been innoculated at leats once, compared to 65.7 per cent across the UK, but 35.8 per cent are fully vaccinated, 6.9 per cent above the current average for England.
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