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Paul T Smith

Forth Valley College thanked for their role in coronavirus vaccination rollout

A special plaque has been given to Forth Valley College campus in Falkirk to thank staff for their help during the coronavirus vaccination rollout.

The site, just off Grangemouth Road, was made a community vaccination hub back in January at the height of the pandemic.

A total of 304,467 first and second doses of a jag were administered across all three campuses - Falkirk (17,1613) Stirling (72,337) and Alloa (60,517).

Across Forth Valley a total of 203,755 people were vaccinated at Forth Valley College sites – 106,706 in Falkirk, 60,914 in Stirling and 36,135 in Alloa.

NHS Forth Valley’s Chief Executive, Cathie Cowan, said: "We cannot thank Forth Valley College enough for their kind use of all three of their campuses and I hope that these plaques will serve as a permanent reminder of the vital support they gave to NHS Forth Valley at a critical time.

"These modern, accessible campus buildings provided flexible indoor spaces with good parking and transport connections which made them ideal for delivering the vaccine to people of all ages.

"We are very grateful to the college staff who worked with us to make this happen and appreciate all the support they have given our vaccination teams over the last six months.

Accepting the plaques, Forth Valley College Principal, Dr Ken Thomson, added: "As Forth Valley College is at the heart of the communities of Falkirk, Stirling and Alloa, we felt it was important to offer NHS Forth Valley our campuses as local vaccination centres.

"We are proud of the role we played and delighted that our assistance helped to deliver this important vaccination programme across Forth Valley."

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