To think the GP surgery could just sell me the bloody vaccine

[Pantone363]

DD is just outside the age range for the free jabs (April 15).

HV cannot recommend anywhere. She said call your GP and see if you can negotiate a price with them. They said no we're not selling it, recommended googling to find somewhere.

Every clinic i've called is out of stock or has stock and has bumped the price up to £200/300 ish per jab (from the £150 it was a few weeks ago).

I don't understand why I can't pay the GP surgery for the jab? They have it in stock, DD is a patient and i'm willing to pay.

AIBU?

I can sympathise. My brother wanted the MMR vacinne so that he would immunised against mumps at the age of 38. When he was a child there was just he measles jab. He was told that if he wanted the MMR that he would have pay privately, ironically during a mumps epidemic and low take of the MMR.

It costs a lot to get a jab privately because they need a doctor on site if there is a bad reaction. In a GP surgery it is far cheaper because a nurse can administer the vacine and in the event of a freak reaction a GP could be yanked out of a consulation. When you pay £200 for a vacine you are paying for a doctor to be present in the building even if he or she is not need.

As previously stated, this is a contractual issue. GPs simply cannot charge for services they provide under their NHS contract.

Unfortunately the nhs stock at your gp surgery has to go to he nhs. What you can do is get your go to write a private prescription (usually a charge of about 15£) then take prescriptions to boots etx. Each vaccine is 100£ so 300£ in total over a 12 month period. Take the vaccines back to gp and ask if they or a practice nurse will administer it. Some hoa where I live will, some don't so call them to clarify.

Take the vaccines back to gp and ask if they or a practice nurse will administer it. Some hoa where I live will, some don't so call them to clarify.

To be honest that's not really feasible either as the nurse administering the vaccine won't be able to confirm that the vaccine has been kept/stored/transported to effectively maintain the cold chain.

My ds was just outside the age range for one of the jabs my dd got. You just have to suck it up and pay privately. The NHS is under strain, it's decided what it can manage. If you want it sorted, you need to sort it yourself and pay handsomely, like many health related things these days.

I think there's a good chance that once doing the initial backlog they'll increase who it's offered to.

. He was told that if he wanted the MMR that he would have pay privately, ironically during a mumps epidemic and low take of the MMR*

I was given an MMR booster for free

Op I enquired about same thing a while ago, my doc said they cant sell their own patients drugs, due to fear of corruption???? not sure...

It would never have occurred to me to think that a GP could sell NHS stock on to someone on a private basis.

Why would anyone think that, or think that an NHS practice would give them a better 'deal' than a private practice?

Tamara, because the HV TOLD me they might be able to? You can pay your GP for stuff (medical forms/examinations/travel vacs). Not sure why you would be so flabbergasted

And our local hospital has a wellbeing centre that offers private vaccinations. Cheaper than private doctors. They just don't have any in stock