Doctor won't do 8 week jabs

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So my son needs his 8 week jabs, I rang the surgery, they said their protocol is a 40 minute baby check before they'll let them have the jabs, but the appointment is so long they can only do one a day, the nearest appointment is end of August when he'll be 15 weeks, then after that, I'd need to arrange an appointment for the jabs.
So I said well he needs the jabs way before then. The letter states they need to be done as close to 8weeks as possible.
So by the time he has his 8 weeks jabs he'll have missed the 12 week ones and the 16 week ones will be due.
I was on the phone to the receptionist for ages explaining I'm not happy to wait and who's responsible if my son catches something the jabs are for, I got nowhere and she said you could always change surgery or go private, does anyone know what I can do and what my rights are?

Hi, sorry this is incorrect. If a baby arrives for their first primary immunisations (8weeks imms) at 15 weeks or older, they will be unable to receive the rotarix vaccination.

If baby attends for the 2nd primary immunisations (12 weeks immunisations) and are 24 weeks or older, they will be unable to receive their 2nd rotarix vaccination.

15 weeks or older is the cut off for rotarix

Oh yes sorry, you're right, 15 weeks. But OP said the appointment on offer is 15 weeks so health wise should be fine. Don't get me wrong, I think the GP is ridiculous and it's high risk if baby is sick last minute etc., just trying to reassure

Some practices (wrongly) have this rule as it used to be thought that the GP had to give the okay for the nurse to give the jabs. Ideally, yes they'd have had their 6 week check first, but it is absolutely not a reason to delay the vaccinations and I made my surgery (I'm a nurse there) change their protocol to reflect this.

There are often delays in getting the 6 week check for Mum and baby, due to GP availability, but there's never more than a 2 week wait for a nurse appointment at my surgery and I'm the only nurse there at the moment!

The important thing is baby getting protection from the vaccines ASAP. I'd call back and insist on having the vaccines as soon as possible after 8 weeks, if the surgery has the protocol of not letting them have them until they've seen the GP then tell them the Green Book says that's incorrect. The nurse is trained to assess if baby is safe to be vaccinated.