The newly-elected mayor of Market Drayton says he wants a Covid vaccination centre set up in the town, after complaints from residents struggling to get their booster shots.
Councillor Roy Aldcroft was elected mayor for the upcoming year at the annual council meeting last Thursday, taking up the reigns from Councillor Mark Whittle.
Walk-in centres have been organised at Market Drayton Fire Station, but Councillor Aldcroft said that residents are having to queue outside for hours with no seating or shelter. "Being asked to ‘go online,’ 'use the app’ is not considering the age range and computer abilities of this vulnerable section of our community."The walk-in centres organised at fire stations have led to elderly people in long queues for up to three hours outside, with no seating or shelter, then finding the centres have run out of vaccine.
"Why the change? Cost? Market Drayton residents deserve better than being sent out of town, to places with no shelter, transport links, long queues no seating and insufficient supplies for demand.Steve Ellis, service director, Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust said:"As we move from being in high level alert status for the Covid-19 pandemic, and transition to living with Covid, our Covid vaccination service is transitioning to business as usual.
"Clinics can get booked up quickly and demand at some of our pop-up clinics has been higher than expected.
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