Covid testing and vaccination bus rolls into Milton Keynes

A former city bus has been converted into a mobile Covid testing and vaccination centre complete with three treatment bays and a staff area.

The bus is part of a trial with healthcare training and solutions provider ECG to offer further support to the NHS with the vaccination rollout.

ECG carried out Rapid Antigen tests on local residents today (February 12), including MP for Milton Keynes Ben Everitt from the bus.

The company have designed project MOVE bus kits that are designed to be easily installed into a city bus converting it into a mobile vaccination centre in under 24 hours to deliver up to 865 tests or 540 vaccinations per bus per day.

CEO of ECG Jane Lambert said: “There is a huge demand on the NHS and other healthcare partners to increase their capacity to support the national roll out of vaccinations. This solution could be used by GPs, community pharmacies and other healthcare providers not only as part of the response to the pandemic, but also as a longer-term solution for flu jabs, blood tests and other services.

“The ECG team are supporting healthcare providers to set up new vaccination centres, provide trained staff to administer the vaccines and train new vaccinators and testers. We are also supporting organisation in workforce testing. Having a mobile vaccination and testing facility can help us and other healthcare providers reach more people, more quickly for essential vaccinations and testing.”