NHS STAFF - are you getting the vaccine?

[Cinderellashoes]

Just interested. I’m a nurse on a ward and I will be getting it as soon as I can. However I worked in research for 5 years and know how strict clinical trials really are - I understand not everyone with that background would be as trusting of new drugs being developed. Where do you work, and what will you do about the vaccine?

Of course

What’s your job role?

I cannot bloody wait!

Im admin and am getting it, even though I only spend about two hours a week in clinical areas. I wish I could donate mine.

Same - I said I’ll be at the front of the queue

Yes nurse on mh ward.

I'm a support worker in mental health-frontline clinical staff.

Mental health community- older adults. I'll definitely have it when offered.

Definitely front of the queue!

Absolutely (frontline clinical)

Acute therapist here - definitely. No qualms about this at all.

Will we even have a choice? I kind of thought they would make us have it. Im willing to have it anyway.

I'm a clinical scientist and I will be having it as soon as I can! Several of my colleagues are also on various of the trials.

I'm front line, and will definitely be getting vaccinated. I heard a very informative interview on the radio with a vaccine research scientist. The reason it normally takes so long to develop a vaccine is grant applications, funding and finding sufficient volunteers to take part in the trial. The science and safety for the covid vaccine is no different to any other, but the other hurdles that are time consuming to overcome have been removed.

Yes 100%

iCU/Critical Care and yes, front of the queue too.

Anaesthetist, definitely

Nobody can make you have the vaccine, like you are not forced to have the flu jab currently

I think there will be a lot of "persuasion" though

Yep definitely. I hope that they allocate it on need to start with though as I have been working from home for the last few months so defo shouldn't be prioritised. In DPs hospital a lot of the nurses that works with are saying they wont have it which I find quite worrying.

Absolutely. The first opportunity I get.

Interested to see some concrete details on timing. I work in out-patient mental health (face-face with patients). My other half is NHS admin. Neither of us are in particularly high-risk roles for contracting covid.

I’d imagine we’ll be low-ish priority. But nobody really knows yet.

Absolutely! I'm inpatient mental health and can't bloody wait..... and

Yes, as soon as I am offered it.

community mental health nurse, currently working from home but will definitely be having the vaccine so that I can get back out there again and visit people again. People's mental health is really suffering right now.

Yes, get out of my way, let me through, vaccines please!

Yes if offered it, but Im not frontline so wont be at the front of the queue. Im not sure where NHS office staff fit with the priority list ( hospital based and go into patient areas but not patient facing).