first doses for all eligible care home residents had been completed, and say that work with GP surgeries has been taking place since January 11 to contact everyone aged over 80 and people who are housebound.
They form part of the first wave of priority group immunisations and will be contacted by phone or letter over the next three weeks, with NHS Lanarkshire saying: “Please be patient and wait to be contacted.”An update from the health board states: “We plan to finish these groups by early February, after which we will move on to inviting people in wave two; among the first people to receive appointments in this wave are everyone aged 70 and over, and those who are clinically extremely vulnerable – this is people who are shielding.“There.