Feb 2021. Vaccine Chaos in Fife

An apology has been issued to Fife politicians after thousands of Covid-19 vaccine appointments were incorrectly booked – leading to elderly and vulnerable patients waiting for hours in the cold. Health secretary Jeane Freeman has written to all of the regions MSPs and MPs after around 7,000 vaccine appointments were wrongly scheduled due to an IT glitch. Ms Freeman has admitted the situation earlier this week was “unacceptable” and “far below my expectations of the vaccine programme”, following on from First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s own apology in the Scottish Parliament.