I didn’t want to complain - I just wanted to get my Mum’s vaccination sorted out. “The final irony was that the number they’d given me for a complaint was no longer operable because their resources ‘had been transferred to the Covid helpline’. It’s all a bit Kafkaesque.” Mr Barham was particularly worried as his mother had nearly died due to sepsis last year and is visited by four carers each day at her home in Renfrew, increasing the risk of infection.
Housebound Barbara Barham, 97, from Renfrew was vaccinated yesterday after her case was raised with the health board
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NHS Highland earmarks Centre for Health Science near Raigmore Hospital as potential mass Covid vaccination centre as GPs take the lead for now By Scott Maclennan Published: 20:00, 23 January 2021
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The Centre for Health Science is located not far from Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.
Centre for Health Science near Raigmore Hospital in Inverness has been earmarked by NHS Highland as a possible mass Covid vaccination centre.
Currently, the centre is used to vaccinate frontline workers, but could be used for members of the public in weeks to come.
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NHS Highland takes delivery of potentially game changing Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine as north GPs say they are ready to play a major role in delivering the jabs By Scott Maclennan
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Updated: 13:35, 06 January 2021
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A nurse prepares to administer the Covid-19 vaccine.
NHS Highland has revealed the first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine have arrived in the region four days ahead of schedule.
Previously, the health board had been told to expect deliveries on January 9 but the first doses arrived yesterday.