The Act: Overview Part 1: Public Health Protection Chapter 2: Arrangements for vaccination and immunisation Section 4: Arrangements for vaccination and immunisation
36.This section allows health boards to design vaccination programmes with vaccines delivered by a wide range of staff, including junior staff under supervision from more senior staff (who may not necessarily be doctors) and by other experienced vaccinators who are not themselves medical practitioners. This gives permanent effect to the modifications to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 provided for on a temporary basis by section 36 of the Coronavirus Act 2020.