Where can I take dd to be vaccinated?

[Lovemusic33]

Dd is almost 16 but is autistic, I held back getting her vaccinated due to the fact she has had bad reactions to other vaccines (I wanted to wait), now with the increase of cases with omicron I am thinking she should be vaccinated before returning to school next week. School sent me a link to places that are vaccinating children but they are all for the 4th of Jan which is the day before she goes back to school, so if it makes her unwell she won’t be able to go to school (which will upset her). Can I just turn up at any walk in centre with her? I’m worried she may struggle to cope with a walk in centre, especially if there’s a wait.
Should I call my gp surgery and see if they are getting any vaccinations this week and see if they can vaccinate her there? I’m not sure if I’m even allowed to call the gp surgery regarding vaccines?

I don't know if this is any help but you can search for walk in centres and it tells you who can use them.

Walk in centres

Look up local walk in centres & they should say what age they are doing.

You can search here
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/find-a-walk-in-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccination-site/

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I took DD to a walk in. She’s NT but very scared of needles and has fainted before post injection.
We went in an explained the situation and they took us to a private room and she could lie down, they let her stay there for 10 minutes afterwards too even though that’s no longer the advice

The hospital near me will vaccinate 12-15 year olds if its more than 8 weeks since 1st jab, but if i tried to book an appointment it doesnt even show any before exactly 12 weeks. Id take them to a walk in clinic

Thank you. Just checked and none of the walk ins near me are doing under 16's 😔. Seems they only do them on certain days which is the date I was given by school (4th), just seems silly that they are only vaccinating the day before school goes back, im sure some schools are going back on the 4th.

Yes only certain days for 12-15s.

I managed to get DD an appointment for Thursday though. Can you travel?

She can go to a walk-in centre.

She could wear a sunflower lanyard to indicate her needs, but will still need to wear a mask. Staff should be very empathetic to special needs, and may allow her to use a different entrance from the main queue.

I volunteer at a vaccine centre and we would do everything we could to make your DD's experience as positive as possible.

@Lovemusic33

Thank you. Just checked and none of the walk ins near me are doing under 16's 😔. Seems they only do them on certain days which is the date I was given by school (4th), just seems silly that they are only vaccinating the day before school goes back, im sure some schools are going back on the 4th.

Not all vaccine centres appear on the national website (mine doesn't). Check with them directly, or via local social media.

I have found one walk in centre that can do it, its a bit of a trek but not much further than we would have to go on the 4th anyway. I will take her Friday.

To echo what CraftyGin has said, the staff should make sure her experience is as good as possible.

Different circumstances I know, but I have a needle phobia and they were amazing with me when I went. As soon as DH told them I was taken off to one side so I didn't have to wait with everyone else and I was taken in the exit so I could go straight to the VIP suite as they called it and lie down in a screened off area. They brought the laptop to me so I didn't have to go anywhere else to give my details and when they gave me the jab it was brought in on a tray and completely covered so I couldn't see it. DH was allowed to stay with me the whole time.

We managed to go yesterday, was a bit of a nightmare. Luckily the centre was quite but we were left waiting whilst they checked if dd could have it (she has reacted to vaccines in the past), I could see dd starting to get anxious and shaking, the lovely nurse took ages to put all the info into the computer, we were sat there for about 20 minutes, they then brought over the needle and placed it in front of dd, dd was staring at it and then as soon as they picked the needle up dd started freaking out 😬. The nurse didn’t really know how to handle it, dd was slowly moving away from her so I told her to hurry up and just do it. Dd was fine as soon as it was one but wanted to leave straight away.