Motorina, that’s interesting.
I wonder what that will mean...for some people will it mean they can only book on the national booking site and get a mass centre or pharmacy? I have seen some local GP services such as drop-ins or vaccine buses be available to all local people and not just those registered with a particular GP.
I suppose, as we go down the ages, people really can generally travel and that isn’t such a barrier - that said, a vaccinator on another thread reported doing jabs for over 80s and 75+ in the early days when there weren’t loads of centres and said pretty much everyone booked and they all managed to get there even in December. So actually the travel thing is often not really about just travel but often the priority people give the jab. If there are less lcoal GP led services I think take up will be lower as some people just won’t be bothered enough to travel or to overcome the obstacles that some of them do face to getting to the mass centres.
The thing is, jabbing sounds like it’s going to be an lost continual thing for a good while. If boosters need to be given, GPs will want to be very careful about what they commit to...because they have to prioritise their use of time and resources. Bigger hubs are more efficient and can be focused solely on that task and perhaps a dual system of GPs everywhere and mass sites via a national booking system is a luxury we cannot have into the long term future. I think the system will continue to evolve as we move down the ages and adapt it. It’s right for it to evolve and not remain static because of the way it started off. It’s a mammoth logistical exercise and fascinating how it’s all run and supplies procured and transported and allocated.