When do you think mass vaccinations will start in the UK?

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Anyone in the know have any thoughts? Thanks

Needs to pass the regulator’s approval process first....

Mass testing took months to get going, works class test and trace... The promised roll out of the flu vaccine for even 50s hasn't even happened yet. Our gov has form in over promising under delivering...

I’m sorry but I don’t believe it. If anyone was being booked in for vaccinations we would know
NHS IT systems are being prepared to allow bookings to be made and vaccinations to be recorded from the 1st December. Vaccinating may not definitely start on the 1st but the systems will be ready and Trusts are urgently drawing up plans for getting the vaccinations done.

We (Primary care) have to be prepared to give them from the first week in December. Whether we will actually have them, is unclear and currently unlikely. Latest letter from our CCG was very vague while apologising for the vagueness. Have heard of some health and social care staff being given appointment dates but not sure where for as none of the venues are confirmed yet.
It will happen, but like most things it won't happen as quickly or efficiently as will be wanted or needed. I'll be surprised if I get mine by the end of the year.

It makes sense thet people are started to be given dates, they may be pushed back but it's better to have some people ready to go than having week where the vaccines are available but nobody is getting vaccinated. The vaccines are produced so once they (hopefully) have the go ahead they need to have somewhere to ship to and people to use them on. Things will probably be delayed but the general public will be pissed off if we have usable vaccines and things aren't moving.

9th December East Midlands

I'll eat my hat if this works well.

We working in care home have been told December at some point. Mind you half staff saying they won't have it so we will see. Surely no vaccine been approved yet .

8th December I’d supply chain logistics can be sorted.
Starting in NHS trusts with designated storage hubs.

Well they have got to set up procedures as if one is going to be approved by Dec 1st. Which isn't necessarily saying that it will start then.

Depressing that, despite the huge amounts of coverage that these vaccines have had, people are still saying they won't have it. Be interesting to see what people actually do in the next weeks.

Why the bleedin hell is the approval process taking so bloody long? These aren’t normal times, people are dying in droves and businesses are going to the wall you’d have thought that they’d have thought outside of the box and had material to review on the day it was published

We have been told to prep for the 1st December, but that's unlikely. I think the NHS has been told to prepare so as soon as the vaccine is ready to go, no one is scrabbling around trying to organise things. Basically it sounds like they are aiming to get things done "right" this time rather than the chaos that was trying to get testing and trace sorted after the pandemic already took hold.

I think the aim is that as soon as vaccines get the approval and starts getting distributed, the NHS is ready.

However, where they are going to get all these extra people without damaging other services, who knows since there are 40,000 nurse vacancies, plus however many GP vacancies and the rest.

If I got mine in Feb I’d be thrilled. Had assumed it would be April at the earliest. In CV/ CEV category, and can’t wait to feel safe again. I know they’re asking for public sector volunteers to help with admin, big thanks to anyone involved.

Retired nurses and GP's etc are making up many of those giving vaccines!
We have been told to expect Dec/Jan in my patient facing role.
I hope those opposed will reconsider

@Mybedislisting

Why the bleedin hell is the approval process taking so bloody long? These aren’t normal times, people are dying in droves and businesses are going to the wall you’d have thought that they’d have thought outside of the box and had material to review on the day it was published

It still needs to be done properly. Theres enough suspicion about how quickly the vaccine has been developed, you cant rush it through, safety data really needs to be reviewed properly. I think they have looked at the earlier stages of the trial already so it shouldn't take too long.

I’ll be astounded if anyone receives a Covid vaccine next week.

I’m in primary care and we know virtually nothing. We have no knowledge of which vaccine will be offered, or when, let alone any PGDs to give them under.

Christ we’re only starting the 50-64s flu vaccine next week. And that’s been in the pipeline a helluva lot longer than the Covid vaccine.

Q3 next year

It’s not approved yet, let alone the manufacturing and supply chain established.

@Handsnotwands

Q3 next year

It’s not approved yet, let alone the manufacturing and supply chain established.

Except the manufacturing and supply chain have been established before approval.

@Mybedislisting

Why the bleedin hell is the approval process taking so bloody long? These aren’t normal times, people are dying in droves and businesses are going to the wall you’d have thought that they’d have thought outside of the box and had material to review on the day it was published

The dossiers from Pfizer (which will be massive) are now being reviewed by the MHRA. That bit can be rushed only in the sense of having lots of people on it without any other distractions. It has to be done properly, line by line. It is not a rubber stamping exercise.

@Handsnotwands

Q3 next year

It’s not approved yet, let alone the manufacturing and supply chain established.

The first batches of vaccine are already manufactured at risk.

We have been told it is expected to be mid January, but it seems to be all guess work at this stage

I am not holding my breath - NHS worker in Scotland where GPs have not been approached about vaccine delivery (and flu vaccination program has been centralised with some interesting hiccups).
The logistics of it all are just enormous and enormously difficult.

@Handsnotwands

Q3 next year

It’s not approved yet, let alone the manufacturing and supply chain established.

You forgot to add 'I'm afraid' or 'sorry' to your highly expert and authoritative prediction.

Lol Iced