Expulsion, really interesting, thank you.
There’s a lot of moaning about Group 6 and people seeming to think GPs have a vendetta against them to not include them in Group 6. Plus most people don’t understand 2 systems are running concurrently and largely separately via GPs or the national booking scheme and they get cross when they hear people in group 7 are booking before them. And like you, many of us have learned loads about all this from Mumsnet, but most people do t read these threads in forensic detail and just aren’t interested enough to do that or be fully up to date with which stage things are at. Some people are very clearly glass half full people and struggle to see any bigger picture.....but I’m sure as a GP you see that all the time.
One thing I read on another thread that was really interesting is about the government having multiple strategies to reach people and that their behaviouralists have told them exactly how people will respond to the vaccines. The national booking system is there for, and works for those who are pro-actively seeking the vaccine. Keen people regularly look and input their data and it allows them to book, often before the front pages or national comms have been updated. Other people won’t do that or don’t feel comfortable doing that. The government know that lots of people need a letter before they will feel confident to book. So more get picked up at that point. Others still don’t books for a variety of reasons...disorganisation, hesitancy and a myriad of others. When those people don’t book they get contacted again and in other ways and at some point perhaps via the GP. Some people who do t want the vaccine on MN report having been contacted in various forms 8 different times. So government is trying and has various strategies. They know from studies of human behaviour that only some people will use the national booking system and only some people will be prepared to go the the mass centres or travel a few miles. They hope lots will book using the online system and be prepared to travel, but they will have figures for how many are likely to do that. A more personalised and localised approach will be needed for those who keep not booking. I guess GPs are called in at some point because they say that where GPs have personally called people (not receptionists) it has had a big impact.ll,but clearly GPs cannot be ringing everyone.
I’ve found it all really interesting. The fact lots of people don’t get on and book is all factored in and expected. The system is designed to broadly run to expected behaviour and that will allow the system to cope and not be overwhelmed with too many people at any point, and deliver more at the pints where people, will be getting 1st and 2nd jabs concurrently.
As you say, GPs only know the part they play in the system and not the overall strategy or how they fit, beyond knowing it very broadly. This will also be true of the mass centres who are getting on and delivering their remit too without necessarily knowing what GPs are doing or where they are up to. There won’t be huge numbers who know all about the whole thing and what’s happening, but there will be people who do and who need to know.
The more I think about it, the more I can see what a vast operation it is and although people moan on an individual level (often not very reasonably) the overall achievement so far is so impressive and looks really hopeful moving into the next phases.
Thank you to everyone working on it all in whatever capacity. It is amazing.
