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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
National
Marie Sharp

Midlothian's winter covid vaccine uptake concern over reduced hospital service

Concerns over access to Covid vaccine boosters have been raised after Midlothian Community Hospital reduced its service to weekends.

A report to Midlothian Council's performance review and scrutiny committee today revealed that the county's Covid spring booster campaign saw more than 85% of people eligible take up the jab.

However a decision to move the weekday service from the community hospital at Eskbank to Rosewell Steading, led to claims it could see a drop in uptake as the winter vaccine campaign gets underway.

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