Fewer duplicate appointments once vaccine rollout becomes age-based, says IMO chairman

GPs are continuing to vaccinate the over-70s and are also assisting in identifying the medically vulnerable and high risk. Picture: Brian Lawless

The Chairman of the GP committee of the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO), Dr Denis McCauley has said that as GPs become more involved in the roll out of the vaccine the system will become more efficient as their surgeries are computerised.

Speaking on Newstalk Breakfast, Dr McCauley was explaining that the “no shows” at a Dublin vaccination centre on Thursday were due to duplication as some health care workers could work in four different departments and so would have received four texts about getting the vaccine.