A Drive-thru vaccination site in Leicester has been welcomed as a convenient option for both
younger adults, and people with long-term health conditions who were too worried about
possible risks to go elsewhere for their COVID-19 vaccinations.
The service is commissioned to run from a site next to County Hall until the end of June 2022
and offers potential capacity for around 720 vaccinations a day.
Its size and location were behind the decision to operationalise the service, with commissioners
anticipating it would help to drive uptake in 18-30 year olds of first, second and booster doses
and help parents who can drop-in without needing to arrange child care or take young children
out of their cars.
Since launching in early February 2022, staff have found it’s also attracting immunosuppressed
patients who feel safer, as they are able to remain in their own vehicles and others for whom it’s
more convenient than booking and parking for appointments elsewhere. People with phobias
and anxiety, including someone who needed a support dog with them, have also used the
service.
“It’s opening up a new avenue to more people,” said Heather Hoskins, C-19 Operations &
Delivery Lead at Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Patient Care Locally (LLR PCL)
“We’re also seeing tradespeople who happen to be passing, families with young children and
even people who’ve come in from other cities who have found out that this is now available.”
The service is open from 11-7pm and has been promoted across the region, in newspapers, via
social media and online.
It currently [Feb2022] operates with three community pharmacy vaccinators, a clinical lead and
site manager, with support staff and marshals from LLR PCL
Please see link below for full access to the article
