The Scottish Ambulance Service has confirmed it is on the way to vaccinating all paramedics in the Moray area after local MP Douglas Ross raised concerns about the speed of the roll-out.
Mr Ross intervened on January 5 after he was contacted by several constituents concerned that frontline staff were still waiting for a jab.
In response, the SAS insisted that 89% of its north region team had now received their first dose, including 96 staff in Moray between January 8 and 15.
The remainder of paramedics are due to be vaccinated over the next week.
Scottish Conservative MP for Moray Douglas Ross said:
“I am pleased to see that the Scottish Ambulance Service is making good progress towards vaccinating all of those working on the front line.
“I was contacted by several people locally who were concerned that they or their spouse was going out to work every day without being vaccinated.
“Paramedics, like others working in our emergency services, are in daily contact with the public and do not know from one hour to the next what situation they may find themselves in.
“Of course, the ambulance service has put robust systems in place to protect staff, but there was always a risk not only of staff becoming infected, but of passing the virus on to others.
“I hope that the remainder of the paramedics that have not yet been vaccinated will receive their first dose as quickly as possible.”
