Dr. Anne O'Neill:

If I could add to that, from speaking to colleagues, my understanding is that the request for vaccinators was for people who were more or less available on a full-time basis. I am not sure that much work has been done on assessing part-time vaccinators who would be available for extremely busy but short-lived vaccination points. When Covid arrived and people were asked to track and trace, we had many individuals who volunteered. I would be cautiously optimistic that should the need arise for a large increase in the number of people giving vaccinations, those in the dental profession would not be shy in coming forward.