Western Trust director among first vaccinators to get vaccine

Dr Bob Brown, the Trust’s Director of Primary Care and Older peoples services, received the vaccination on Tuesday morning and is one of the first vaccinators to be vaccinated from the Western Trust area.

Dr Brown said: “As the Executive Director of Nursing and given my responsibility for older people’s services, I felt it was important that I received my vaccine early so that I can become a peer vaccinator to support our team who are getting ready to deliver this vital vaccine to our fantastic health and social care staff who have worked tirelessly throughout the last ten months, and also for our care home residents and staff who have also been highly impacted by this virus.”

Dr Brown encouraged other health care staff eligible for the vaccine over the coming days and weeks to take up the opportunity.

“While our thoughts continue to remain with those families who have experienced the loss of a loved one from COVID-19, I would encourage all staff to avail of the vaccine as it becomes available to them, to protect themselves, their patients and their families,” he said.