Aylesbury MP thanks St John Ambulance volunteers for vital Covid vaccine work

Aylesbury MP Rob Butler has thanked St John Ambulance volunteers for their work helping deliver Buckinghamshire’s vaccine roll out.
Photo shows Rob Butler MP meeting members of St John Ambulance over Zoom
on Friday.Photo shows Rob Butler MP meeting members of St John Ambulance over Zoom
on Friday.
Photo shows Rob Butler MP meeting members of St John Ambulance over Zoom on Friday.

Rob spoke to a group of local volunteers involved in the project on Friday.

Rob said: “I’m extremely grateful to the local volunteers who have dedicated themselves to helping out at our vaccination hubs – doing everything from administering jabs to providing one-to-one support for more vulnerable patients.

“They’ve given up many hours for their training at local sites, and are now starting to join teams at mass vaccination sites across Buckinghamshire.”

St John is helping to enlist, train and roll-out more than 30,000 volunteers to support the vaccination programme in England, and its local training centres provide recruits for deployment throughout the NHS.

“The sooner the vaccine takes effect, the sooner the population will be able to get back to socialising and seeing family,” one volunteer told Rob. “From our point of view, it’s a privilege to be able to do this.”

Rob added: “From crewing ambulances for our local ambulance service to supporting clinicians at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, St John’s volunteers have already been supporting our NHS during coronavirus and now they’re also joining our local vaccination drive.

Coronavirus continues to challenge us, but these local volunteers are working tirelessly in our fight against it and I would like to thank everyone who has given their time and expertise to help overcome this virus in Buckinghamshire.”