From the minute people turn up at the front door or swing into the car park, the people responsible for the finely tuned operation take over to ensure a smooth and safe process.
A multi team effort has been responsible for setting up the coronavirus vaccination centre at the Glasgow Club centre in Easterhouse.
The army helped the council set up the centre and turn the main hall from a games area into a vaccination centre.
Glasgow Life and Glasgow City Council staff are on hand to oversee the facilities and make sure everone gets in and out safely.
And NHS immunisation staff and nurses are there to stick teh needles in the arms of people to protect them from Covid-19.
Amanda Miller is the clinical nurse lead at the vaccination centre.
She in incredibly proud of her team and the job they are doing
She said: “We have nine vaccinators and we are doing 460 jags a day here between 8am and 8pm.
“The nurses are all working over and above their own jobs to carry this out.”
She sees the people coming in and watches them leave.
Ms Miller said: “People are so relieved and so grateful to get the jag. They feel they are now getting a bit of protection.
“It is a great sense of satisfaction knowing we are doing a lot of good. When you hear in the news how many are getting done. It is a big step forward.”
The take up rate for the vaccination is very high.
Ms Miller said: “Just now it is the over 70s we are doing. There is a very low did not attend rate.”
There are nurses, doctors, ophthalmologists and pharmacists included in the team.
Lianne Roberts is a locum pharmacist and is doing her first shift at the centre in Easterhouse.
She said: “ It feels great to be doing this. It is quite an exciting feeling. Some of the people are excited and some are nervous.
"Many haven’t been out of their home for a year. They are happy to come.”
Ryan Connell is the Duty Manager of the Glasgow Club Easterhouse.
The centre has been a multi team effort with council and Glasgow Life staff managing the centre. The army helped set it up and the NHS team are in charge of the vaccinations.
He said: “It was short notice to get this set up. But it has been great for us to be involved in this. It is a really positive atmosphere.”
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