Video transcript: What's it like to be on a COVID-19 vaccine trial? (1)

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Wayne, 47, Stockport, said: 

Once you are here, you are made to feel welcome and you’re made to feel appreciated as well. I didn’t realise how important the study was until the doctor went through it with me. It’s great and you really do feel as though you're actually contributing to getting a vaccine and getting us out of this mess.

Sarah, 43, Ashton-under-Lyne, said: 

I was sent an email prior to arriving so I did have an idea of what to expect. And there was a lot of detailed information about what would happen and how everything would work. When I arrived, Dr Baxter (the lead researcher) sat everyone down and explained the process and talked about how the vaccine trials work. He explained that this is Phase 3 and what that means. There was an opportunity to ask questions before we went through to meet the doctor, so it was a really good process. We were in a group of seven (for the initial introductory consent session) so it was a really open opportunity to ask anything we were concerned about. All the way through, when I met the doctor and the nurse at the next stages, that was the same. It’s been a really pleasant experience despite there being needles involved! I did worry a little bit but it's been fine.