CITY health chiefs have revealed how they are tackling anti-vaccine Covid sceptics in their care home workforce. 

Health bosses across Glasgow are working to ensure their staff are immunised against the virus, with the city’s health and social care partnership engaging with workers to increase their confidence in the vaccine. 

A spokesman said: “We’ve found that the hesitancy from staff is falling as soon as you start sitting them down and talking about it.” 

One worker in a South Side care home, not run by the council - who did not wish to be named - said her bosses had implied that staff who had not been vaccinated would not receive any work. 

“We’ve all been vaccinated,” she said. “Some people had been expressing doubt about it but when push came to shove they went for it.”

She noted there could have been problems booking the jab and expressed concern about the timing of getting the second dose. 

It comes after reports that anti-vaccine conspiracy theories are putting the lives of care home residents at risk.

Care home workers are being targeted on social media by posts casting doubt on the efficacy and necessity of immunisations against Covid-19 but the city's Health and Social Care Partnership are working to combat misinformation. 

An investigation carried out by the Sunday Times found that up to 30% of social care workers had voiced concerns about getting the vaccine.
The paper reported that, across Scotland, the uptake of the jab was just 55% for staff in contrast with a rate of 80% of residents.

But the picture in Glasgow is different. The council confirmed that 97% of elderly residents had been immunised so far and 76% of workers.