Health bosses issue apology over jab wait.... at Ravenscraig

Health bosses have had to issue a second apology within days about queues at vaccination centres – after long waits at the Muirfield Centre on Thursday April 15.

It’s emerged that there were sizeable queues at Ravenscraig too, at the start of the week, which were been blamed on “unexpected challenges”Dr Mark Russell Lead for the Covid-19 vaccination programme in Lanarkshire, said: “We would like to apologise to anyone who had to wait for a significant length of time. We are now undertaking second dose vaccinations, which is another huge undertaking and comes with its own challenges.

“The queues were due to a number of unexpected challenges, including staff absences. Staf took immediate action to bring in additional staff.”

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