The son of an elderly woman who is housebound fears she has been "forgotten" as she has been waiting more than a month to receive a coronavirus vaccine.
Steven Nott, from Cwmbran, said his 75-year-old mum Sue is still waiting for her first jab despite being extremely vulnerable.
Sue has been housebound for over a year since an operation after breaking her hip in December 2019.
Since then, she has been on heavy medication and needs almost full-time care to help her move, get dressed, go to the bathroom, shower and prepare meals.
Steven said Sue received a letter asking her to attend the vaccine centre in Cwmbran Stadium over four weeks ago, but claimed that staff were unaware she was unable to leave the house.
Steven claims that staff told Sue she would have her vaccine administered at home instead.
But despite continually asking for updates, Steven said they have heard nothing since.
In its weekly vaccine update earlier this week, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board said a "high percentage" of those aged between 65 and 69 in the area had been vaccinated as well as 92.8% of those in the 75-70 age bracket.
It announced this week that it would be bringing forward some appointments for people receiving their second vaccine doses.
In a press conference on Wednesday, Health Minister Vaughan Gething said all adults in Wales would be offered a vaccine by July 31.
But Steven said he is worried his mother has been "forgotten."
"She is visited four times a day by two different carers.
"I come in and do her meals and dinner etc, but everything else is done by them.
"She can't move, she's totally housebound. We can't even get her into a wheelchair.," he said.
Steven, who had coronavirus in December, said his mother also suffers from mental health issues including bipolar disorder and is "not in good health".
"She couldn't cope with a cold, let alone this," he said.
"If she catches the virus, it'd wipe her out. She's got bipolar, heart problems, diabetes and other health issues. She is on about 20 tablets a day.
"She watches the news all day. She is very clued up and resilient but that is deceiving when it comes to her health.
"She's very frail and has breathing difficulties.
"What I'm worried about as well is that if she picks it up from anyone who is coming in to help her, she might pass it on to a carer who could pass it onto somebody else who is vulnerable."
Steven said he is worried that there are "thousands" of people in the same situation as his mother.
Steven said her and other family members have grown increasingly concerned at the delay in Sue having the vaccine.
"The longer she doesn't get it, the more worrying it is.
"The care she gets is fantastic, I have no issues with the work the NHS is doing and I have no idea how difficult it must be to roll-out a vaccine programme this large.
"But I think there must be thousands who are house-bound who have been forgotten, purely because they are more difficult [to reach]. Health services are already too busy and haven't got the extra resources."
A spokesperson for Aneurin Bevan University Health Board said it was still in the process of vaccinating people who are housebound.
They said: "We are continuing to vaccinate those people who are housebound and the majority of these patients have already received a vaccine.
"Patients will be contacted before they are due to be vaccinated so they know when to expect a visit from the team.
"We would advise any housebound patients who have not yet been contacted to call their GP to check that they are registered as housebound."
