As NHS Lothian revealed that vaccination teams will open the doors to centres in Edinburgh and West Lothian on Monday February 1 as part of wave two of the national vaccination programme, we took a look inside the newly transformed Edinburgh International Conference Centre which aims to vaccinate around 21,000 people per week.
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. Friday 29th of January 2021: EICC Vaccination Centre. NHS Lothian Vaccination programme NHS Lothian and our four Health and Socials Care Partnerships are proud to be playing our part in the biggest vaccination programme the country has ever seen to help protect the population from Covid-19. The vaccination programme is one of three critical ways we are all working together to beat this virus, along with the test and protect programme which helps identify cases and prevent its spread and the rules in place that we all know to follow. These three planks form our route out of this pandemic. We need to vaccinate as many people as possible to help save lives and provide protection to help communities get back to normal. We therefore urge people to attend their appointment once they are notified of the details.
The new mass vaccination centre in Edinburgh (Photo: Andrew O'Brien). Photo: Andrew O'Brien
. The venue
The new vaccination centre will be in the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on Morrison street (Photo: Andrew O'Brien). Photo: Andrew O'Brien
1. The venue
The new vaccination centre will be in the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on Morrison street (Photo: Andrew O'Brien). Photo: Andrew O'Brien
2. Vaccine plan
NHS Lothian has said that the EICC will be capable of vaccinating 21,000 people a week. Photo: Andrew O'Brien
3. Vaccine stations
45 vaccine stations have been set up in the EICC, alphabetised and numbered with those invited for vaccination at the centre asked to make sure they wear a mask and bring their appointment letter with them to avoid any unnecessary delays (Photo: Andrew O'Brien). Photo: Andrew O'Brien
4. The team
Across sites such as the EICC, a team of around 350 volunteer vaccinators, with a vast array of experience from a huge number of clinical roles in Lothian, has been created to work in the mass vaccination sites. They will be supported by around 100 administrative staff (Photo: Andrew O'Brien). Photo: Andrew O'Brien