The additional vaccines are coming from the Chester mass vaccination centre, located at Chester Racecourse.
The shortage would have meant 3,000 vulnerable people in cohort six – that is, adults aged 16-65 with underlying health conditions – having their vaccinations postponed.
It was due to an NHS England procedure that meant the four personal care networks (PCNs) at the Totally Wicked Stadium were counted as one.
Each PCN equates to 30,000 to 50,000 patients, meaning the centre only receives a quarter of the vaccines necessary to cover the entire GP-led clinic downstairs. It usually relies on mutual aid from the mass vaccination centre upstairs to cover any shortages, but with cohort seven – people aged 60+ – being called for vaccinations, the supply simply wasn’t available.