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Covid vaccine plans for care home in chaos after frail residents told to 'get on bus'

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Covid vaccine plans for frail care home residents were in chaos tonight after they were told: Get on the bus. The Government says they will have to travel to hospital hubs for the jab but angry care bosses said: “There’s no way they can do that.” Care homes fear vaccines won’t be delivered to them until next year despite Government promises they would be a priority.

Operators have instead been told their elderly residents must be bussed to hospital hubs when the UK’s vaccination programme begins on Tuesday.

But care bosses say the reality is many will not make it there. Nadra Ahmed, executive chair of the National Care Association, told the Sunday People: “There’s no way we are going to get our residents to a site in a hospital setting.” Ov

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