NHS to deliver vaccines to low-uptake communities in a Ford van
Jahirur Rahmn, aged 62, from Essex, receives the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine inside a tailored Ford Transit, as the car manufacturer partners with the NHS in Essex to bring mobile Covid-19 vaccination vehicles to vulnerable communities, Essex. Thursday May 6, 2021. (Photo: John Nguyen/PA Wire)
Ford and the NHS in Essex have joined forces with local health leaders to roll out a vaccine drive using a tailored Transit van to deliver jabs.
Despite the UK’s successful vaccine rollout, vaccine uptake is lower among some communities facing access challenges, which the vaccine drive seeks to tackle.