"Getting the vaccine at NHS Louisa Jordan requires a lot of walking"

As ever with the Greater Glasgow NHS, the car rules supreme - which makes the relatively isolated Louisa Jordan Centre extremely difficult to get to, especially so if relying on public transport. In my case, this would have involved a bus journey to Glasgow City Centre and then a train journey to the SEC, followed by a 12 min walk to the front door.

However, even if one has been fortunate enough to get a lift to the facility (as I was), or had a spare £25-£30 lying around to pay for a taxi, one would STILL be confronted by a trek of at least 3/4 mile: 1/4 mile walk to the vaccination area, another 1/4 mile back to the front door, and then a final 1/4 mile back to either the railway station, taxi rank or pick-up point.

It is, therefore, remiss of the NHS Covid 19 organisers to omit the amount of walking involved in getting the vaccination, and apparently ignoring the possibly serious consequences this could present to an infirm person - especially those who have problems walking or difficulties with their breathing. Indeed, on the day of my visit, I found myself out of breath on 2-3 occasions but managed to struggle on - however, I didn't see any provision of wheelchairs should anyone have found the trek too much.

I regard myself as being in the "walking-wounded" category - but had I known beforehand the amount of walking that would be involved in getting the jab, I would probably have declined the offer. Which makes me worry that I will be confronted by the same problems when going for the top-up jab - will I?