Scotland starts training medics on delivering Covid-19 vaccine

p Scots medics will start training today on how to deliver the br/ long-awaited a href=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/scotland-ready-start-covid-vaccination-23093208 data-link-tracking=InArticle|Link data-content-type=newsCovid-19 vaccine/a, the Record can reveal. /p pTraining on how to administer the new arsenal of jabs is being described as #x201C;the beginning of the end of this horrific a href=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/more-scots-routine-coronavirus-tests-23065711 data-link-tracking=InArticle|Link data-content-type=newspandemic/a#x201D;./p p NHS staff #x2013; who wished to remain anonymous #x2013; revealed the Covid-19 D-Day in the Greater Glasgow health board area, describing it as an #x201C;early Christmas present for us all#x201D;. /p p/ p/ pA source said: #x201C;There is light at the end of the tunnel./p p#x201C;No one would have thought things would have moved so fast. This has been a hellish year but this could be an early Christmas present for us all./p p#x201C;The last eight months have been an ordeal. We just can#x2019;t wait to get the training done and get this vaccine up and running./p p#x201C;We are all praying that this is really the beginning of the end of this horrific pandemic.#x201D;/p pThe Scottish Government said: #x201C;NHS National Education Scotland and Public Health Scotland have worked with lead clinicians to develop specific national Covid-19 vaccine training materials./p p#x201C;These will be made available to boards as soon as interim authorisation has been formally granted by the UK regulators./p p#x201C;In advance of that formal authorisation, we have scheduled national training events for the end of this week and the beginning of next week./p p#x201C;In the first instance, these new training materials will be used with experienced vaccinators and will give them specific training in the safe handling and administration of the vaccine.#x201D;/p