Genuinely interested to see if my response was unreasonable...
Called Dr to make appointment for Ds to have his 12 week immunisations. He had his 8 week set last week but was crying too much in the surgery for me to book the second appointment as there was a wait.
Called today to be told there was absolutely no appointments, and he would have to wait until he was 14 weeks for the next appointment.
I pointed out to the receptionist that as the schedule is set for 8-12-16 weeks, they should find a space for him as I know they offer appointments on the day if you call up, therefore find it very hard to believe there is absolutely nothing for him. She told me that it was fine for him to wait until 14 weeks as sometimes vaccinations are delayed when a child is I'll.
Aibu in thinking that
A) everyone and his mother tells us how important vaccinations are, and therefore delaying his by 2 weeks is not acceptable unless for health reasons
B) if the government set out a schedule of 8-12-16 week vaccinations, then appointments should be given as a priority to small babies
C) delaying for a non medical reason and leaving a baby exposed is not acceptable
D) surely there is a reason why they stagger them in 4 week intervals and therefore leaving it 6 weeks may affect effectiveness.
She did eventually manage to find me an appointment (as I knew she would, it's always the way with our surgery) but it has left me feeling very frustrated when we have the fear of God put into us about vaccinations and how important they are, yet I'm being flippantly told that my son can have his delayed without a medical reason.
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Namechangemum100 · 18/06/2018 19:33
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