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Covid vax and coming home from uni...

28 replies

Miljea · 15/06/2021 07:25

DS is still registered at his uni GP, but is actually now home. I assume over 18s will be called for their vax via their GP so I guess he needs to transfer to our local GP in order to get his notification, doesn't he?

Which is a problem as our GP still has a Fort Knox mentality!

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JazzerMcCreary · 15/06/2021 07:28

I would’ve thought he’ll be able to book via the online portal and have his jab at one of the vaccination centres.

BIoodyStupidJohnson · 15/06/2021 07:36

Possibly depends where you live.

I had a text from NHS England to book mine online, and could choose any vaccination centre in England. It was all done on the NHS website, nothing to do with my GP.

I had my first jab in London and I’m having my second somewhere completely different as I’ve just moved.

I’m not aware that the process is changing for the younger people.

That said if you’re in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland the process might be different.

RoobyMyrtle · 15/06/2021 07:42

Dd2 got a text message from her university gp and then booked it for the central hub at home. Dd1 is registered at home but living elsewhere temporarily. She had her first via a walk-in centre at home but has booked second where she lives via 119. I'd stay at the current gp for now as it takes a while to transfer

Daisysway · 15/06/2021 07:49

My dd is coming home for the weekend and having her jab on Monday before she returns(registered at home Gp).

MarchingFrogs · 15/06/2021 08:36

I would also assume that bookings could be made via the national website, or 119. I booked both of mine via 119 when I got the letter telling me that I was eligible to book and the call handler just started with the nearest mass vaccination site to our home postcode. I also booked both of DS2's appointments - I had actually only rung in the first place to find out why I had had a letter he hasn't, given that he is group 6 and I am group 7. Nice chap at the other end just confirmed that DS2 was eligible and booked him in.

If group 6 letters were supposed to come via GPs rather than the central system, that would almost certainly explain why DS2 never heard anything. Our surgery's website is currently a delightful mishmash of Come in and avail yourself of all these services, peppered with do not under any circumstances try to gain access to the premises type messagesHmm.

BIoodyStupidJohnson · 15/06/2021 09:42

Ours too @MarchingFrogs

Come in! But fuck off! Queue to register, but be warned that queuing is now illegal. Numerous conditions but covid covid covid. Telephone triage by Mrs McGinty’s dog if you’re lucky. Download our app from our MySpace page but only by turning widdershins at midnight on alternate 12th of Never. Pimpernel Surgery: Serving your community by avoiding it our way.

Xenia · 15/06/2021 09:46

My son studying at home here in London was called by text I think via the GP but to have it at a central centre in our borough. My son (the twin of the first one) studying in Bristol with a Bristol GP has not had a call as yet and when he gets home in a month will register with our London GP once again as he has finished in Bristol completely then and hopefully get the call after that (if he chooses to have the vaccination)

LIZS · 15/06/2021 09:50

He will be able to access it regardless of gp registration once the over 18s are generally invited. Just go on to the website and make an appointment at a regional centre. Alternatively there may be more walk ins popping up as these have proved efficient and accessible for the younger age groups. Dc have already both been invited by our gp hub, age 23 and 19.

MarchingFrogs · 15/06/2021 10:16

@BloodyStupidJohnson, does yours have the adder frisson of a newly (well, four moths since) installed phone system which simply cuts incoming calls off after a few rings, plus your (telephone only, despite what NHSEngland thinks it told GPs to get back on with) appointment being for a given day only, no appointment time? According to our CCG, their practices can't possibly give any indication of time, because who can say how long calls might take? So time management is easier with in person appoinents, then...

ragged · 15/06/2021 10:25

DD got a cheap advance purchase train ticket to pop back to Uni-City for her 2nd jab.

Comefromaway · 15/06/2021 12:07

Dd had to come home for her 2nd vaxx. She had her first via the GP as a carer and was unable to book via one of the national hubs. Luckily for her she only lives/studies about an hour or so away.

VanCleefArpels · 15/06/2021 12:25

Most of the young people I know are following various nhs authority Twitter feeds and going to pop up clinics jabbing anyone who turns up - then once in the system can book via nhs system for second jab any time afterv5 weeks of first jab

NotSorry · 15/06/2021 15:14

DS2 got a text from his uni GP but he's now home for the summer - we're going to wait until the end of the week and book him in from here

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Miljea · 15/06/2021 22:30

Well, I can see the confusion!, 😳

What is this website people recommend he goes to??

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titchy · 15/06/2021 22:35

Assuming he and you are in England he'll be able to book here from the end of the week:

www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/book-coronavirus-vaccination/

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Miljea · 15/06/2021 22:37

Thanks.

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ErrolTheDragon · 16/06/2021 13:21

DD had her first jab in her uni town last week, and has just booked her second online for 6 weeks hence or so locally. Smile

nordica · 16/06/2021 13:28

You can book the first and second jab at different locations so if he has the first near where he is now and books the second anywhere the system allows at that time - then if that location is no longer convenient for the second, he moves cities in between the first and second vaccinations, he can go online to manage the booking and book the second near where he lives at that time.

This only applies in England.

Revengeofthepangolins · 16/06/2021 14:13

@VanCleefArpels thank you for that tip. I am not really a twitter user, but just blundered on, searching my council name and twitter and found there was an 18+ clinic pop up on Saturday. So thanks!

VanCleefArpels · 16/06/2021 15:45

Hooray!

MarchingFrogs · 16/06/2021 16:26

DS1 is in north-east Bristol. Apparently the nearest centre available when he looked this week is in Bath. I suppose at least he's the right side of the city for getting there, but he thought he'd hang on for a bit and try again.

Malbecfan · 16/06/2021 18:01

DD (21) booked her 1st for next week in her university city. She booked her 2nd at a big centre close to home. She is registered at the university GP & had no problem doing this apart from the site kept keeling over.

DD2 (20) is desperate to get hers booked so she can start organising her year abroad. She is already home, so hopefully can get both here.

BackforGood · 16/06/2021 20:23

How long after having the first one are you supposed to book the second one, now ? Did the 12 weeks change ?

(22 yr old, she had Pfeizer - but won't be in Wales anymore when she gets close to 12 weeks.)

VanCleefArpels · 17/06/2021 09:12

@BackforGood my 23 year old got his a bit early by going to a pop up and was told he could have his second any time after 5 weeks later. He has booked a second but nothing available before 9 weeks but he will keep an eye out for further pop ups to get his second (helps he lives in London where there are loads of these!)