A little bit more on the delivery...
Each vaccination unit will consist of 3 people. One will draw the drug from the vial, change needles to the hypodermic one, next one performs the injection, and the third one does the clean up.
It is expected that the patient will be kept for around 15 mins after delivery to confirm no anaphylactic reaction before releasing them.
The GP practices are expected to work 12 hour days doing this, alongside treating normal patients.
To carry out 200 injections per day at 15 mins per patient requires 2 shifts of 4 teams. 2x4x3 = 24 trained staff. In reality, if they are expected to run the programme 7 days a week, there needs to be at least one more team
To hit the 500 jabs per day figure, they'll need 10 teams (for 5 days a week) or 14+ teams for 7 days a week. That's 60-84 trained staff.
...and that's before discussing the logistics of how to keep all these people separated from the general patients without setting up marquees in car parks.
Each vaccination unit will consist of 3 people. One will draw the drug from the vial, change needles to the hypodermic one, next one performs the injection, and the third one does the clean up.
It is expected that the patient will be kept for around 15 mins after delivery to confirm no anaphylactic reaction before releasing them.
The GP practices are expected to work 12 hour days doing this, alongside treating normal patients.
To carry out 200 injections per day at 15 mins per patient requires 2 shifts of 4 teams. 2x4x3 = 24 trained staff. In reality, if they are expected to run the programme 7 days a week, there needs to be at least one more team
To hit the 500 jabs per day figure, they'll need 10 teams (for 5 days a week) or 14+ teams for 7 days a week. That's 60-84 trained staff.
...and that's before discussing the logistics of how to keep all these people separated from the general patients without setting up marquees in car parks.
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