Lanarkshire flu vaccinations to be complete by late November
received their notification letters after the date had passed.The health board is also working to prioritise higher-risk patients aged over 65 – and are again stressing that there are no drop-in clinics in Lanarkshire and that people should not turn up without confirmed appointments.This year’s seasonal flu programme is described as “the largest ever undertaken in NHS Lanarkshire and a new way of working for everyone involved”, and has seen 43,000 patients vaccinated in the past four weeks.Dr Mark Russell, who is associate medical director with Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire, said: “The programme will take longer than other years to deliver, but our plan is to deliver all vaccinations before the end of November and we are on track