Question reference: S5W-33808
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 4 December 2020
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Current status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 December 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with individual NHS boards regarding the creation of tactical groups to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine programme at a local level.
Answer
The existing core of trained and experienced vaccinators from the flu programme will transition to the Covid vaccination programme during this month and next. We are also actively recruiting from NHS Scotland’s accelerated recruitment portal, and drawing from the wider clinical workforce. Training started on 4 December, and so far over 4,000 people have attended webinars led by our senior clinicians.