Our care home liaison (CHL) team has now competed administering the second dose of the coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine to eligible care home residents.
As the first health board in Scotland to vaccinate care home residents against Covid-19, we have now vaccinated more than 3,000 residents with both doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Trudi Marshall, Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire nurse director, who is managing the care home vaccination programme across the whole of Lanarkshire, said: “Care home residents are amongst our most vulnerable residents and this is a very worrying time for many of them. I know it will be greatly reassuring to residents, their loved ones and staff that they have now received both doses of the vaccine.
“From the very outset of this pandemic health and social care staff have worked closely with care home staff to keep residents as safe as possible and this is another significant milestone in this journey.
“The care home vaccination programme has been carried out as quickly as possible. Each step of the programme has further highlighted just how dedicated and flexible our staff and care staff are in protecting residents.”
“However, it is essential that people realise that the vaccine is only one element in a wider range of ways we can play our part in keeping residents safe from – and cut down transmission of – Covid-19.
“It is essential that everyone, who can, continues to follow FACTS guidance closely – especially when visiting a care home.
As part of the vaccination programme planning process, it was acknowledged that there will be a small number of residents who were not eligible to receive the vaccine at the planned time.
As a result, further visits to care homes are taking place to ensure all residents are fully vaccinated as they become eligible.
Photograph: Annie Innes (90), the first care home resident in Scotland to receive the vaccine
