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About: NHS Forth Valley / Covid 19 Vaccination Programme

(as a service user),

I recently attended Falkirk vaccination centre for a Flu vaccine and the receptionist was very friendly and helpful.

I joined the queue and I could see the staff were busy and were doing their best to keep the queue moving. I could see they were all working hard. 

However I did notice that a few of the staff members administering vaccines did have on long sleeved NHS navy fleeces which is against infection control guidelines.

After a few questions form the health care assistant who was going to administer my vaccine, a nurse came over to do the final checks, they asked a question that I didn't fully understand. They asked if I had any new allergies since my last visit, this confused me as I had never been in Falkirk Vaccine centre before, I said as much. Their tone was patronising and they talked down to me, stating that I had visited the Stirling vaccine centre in 2023 and that I had lived in Stirling my whole life. 

I found the way they spoke and treated me unprofessional and condescending, as far from promote professionalism and trust.  

As a former nurse, I understand the strains that nurses are under, but no matter how bad things were I would never of spoken to a patient or another member of staff in that way. 
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Response from Gillian Bruce, Team Lead Immunisation Service, Women, Children & Sexual Health, NHS Forth Valley 9 hours ago
Gillian Bruce
Team Lead Immunisation Service, Women, Children & Sexual Health,
NHS Forth Valley
Submitted on 06/11/2025 at 13:55
Published on Care Opinion at 14:05


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Afternoon - I am sorry to hear of your experience whilst visiting our vaccination centres - this is not the experience that we would have expected you to have.

We appreciate getting feedback in order that we can make changes and improve, if you were able to give me a call to discuss your experience I would be interested in getting more details. That notwithstanding, I will be ensuring that I follow up on your feedback to ensure that some of the particular insights you have shared are picked up.

If you are able to call our Admin on 0800 130 3120 and give then your name, and a contact number, and ask them to pass that onto me (Gillian Bruce - Team Lead) I would be happy to chat through the above in order to take forward learning for our staff.

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