In fairness consent was raised on the WG calls and it was the biggest barrier to changing the dosing schedule. It is worth noting though that when we gave the first dose the PHW information sheets stated they’d get a second appointment 3 weeks later even though by then we’d already moved to 4 weeks. I’ve never worked on something where something changes as much as this does - you miss one meeting and by the next one the priority groups, how much vaccine we’re getting, where that vaccine can be used, who can/can’t have it, who is giving it, what classes as frontline, are we doing second doses and when...these things all change on an hourly basis. And that’s just the National picture. Not to mention we don’t have a stable staff pool to even give this thing out because we just don’t have the staff available within the NHS at the moment. Everything is all about living day to day which is completely unsustainable on something this big. However, ultimately we’ve vaccinated someone with every dose we’ve been given with about 0.2% wastage and that’s what matters despite all the moaning and noise that’s going on. And next week GPs are going into care homes. I’m hopeful in 12 weeks everyone in those 9 priority groups will have been jabbed once which will be a fantastic place to be. Some countries won’t even start vaccinating until the summer - we really are quite privileged when you think about the bigger picture.
