So long and thanks for all the fish

 

Well that's a bit odd. I think I may have completed my last shift as a vaccinator at the weekend there...

I finally managed to get some movement on joining the staff bank. Following some excellent advice from wiser colleagues I made direct email contact with some NHS Lothian high heid yins and lo and behold it worked. I should be part of the staff bank before the end of the month. It's a shame it took so long and required such escalation but hey ho, that's sometimes how it needs to go.

So, why have I finished so abruptly? Well, I am on annual leave for the next two weeks, my contract ends at the end of March, hopefully smoothly eliding into a bank contract and I have 24hrs of annual leave remaining...which pretty much covers the remainder of March. So...that's it. I'm done. At least for the time being.

My last couple of shifts over the weekend were fairly quiet and uneventful. I met two former colleagues from health who I worked with in East Lothian a good few years back. Both were there with their teenage children and it was very nice to see them both after such a long time. Other than that, the numbers are still going down although Ocean Terminal still sees at least 100-150 people each day. Numbers will increase a bit with the Spring booster campaign and perhaps again with an Autumn equivalent later in the year. Hopefully I can help with these pushes on an ad hoc basis over the course of the rest of the year. Anyway, this is probably my last blog on this topic so thanks to all of you for reading over the last year or so and take care. Now time for the Census!

So long folks!