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Who has had their first jab?

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JAJ said:
Many thanks for your prompt reply. Likewise with my daughter who also returns to college tomorrow-she's also a bit anxious given she has a T1 friend, same age, who has been vaccinated a couple of weeks ago? She is different GP surgery but within same group of practices? I intend to call them again tomorrow. I called last week to be told the vaccination programme has been outsourced so they couldn't do anything, but that didn't really satisfy me, especially when I asked for reassurance she would be included in this round of vaccines. This morning I have learnt from BBC news (usually a reliable source) that all those in group 8 (ages 55-59) can now book online, even though we've heard nothing about group 6?? I'll let you know if I many to progress. Thanks again
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Called GP again today & essentially fobbed off again (vaccines have been outsourced). I was refused an appointment when I asked to speak to a clinician. Receptionist recommended I contact local CCG which I have done & they have acknowledged & are ‘looking into it’.
Also phoned Diabetes UK. Very helpful lady who thought it wasn’t an issue they were aware of. She has flagged to their policy team.
Finally got a text this afternoon allowing me to book an appointment for Saturday!! Just hope it’s the Pfizer & not Astra Zeneca! No idea if me chasing it up had an impact or whether she got her invitation today by chance?
Good luck with your daughter’s.
 
Finally had letter today to book, went online and there is nothing locally at all, I will have to travel miles to get vaccination! So not sure what to do at the moment as after much research I will not have the Pfizer due to allergy and don’t want to travel all that way to find out that’s all they have, I just can’t take that risk of having a bad reaction. I’m going to try phoning tomorrow as can’t be the only one in this situation?
 
@Perfect10 If you go online again tomorrow you will likely find appointments available at more choices of venues. Appointments are being released daily I believe, so try for a few days to see when you can get one local to you.
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
Hope the phone call goes well. What is the allergen you are avoiding?
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It started when I was prescribed Naproxen a few years back. I only took 2 tablets and ended up in hospital fighting for my life and needing surgery. I have not coped with other meds since but never to that extreme. While in hospital I didn’t react well to the cocktail of drugs they put me on initially but no idea what they were as I was in Spain! I was in hospital for weeks. My medical notes that came back to England were brief so I really don’t know which meds I reacted further to or whether certain ingredients in these meds.
I would rather play safe and there are no reported reactions with the AZ so think this is the sensible option.
 
Perfect10 said:
It started when I was prescribed Naproxen a few years back. I only took 2 tablets and ended up in hospital fighting for my life and needing surgery. I have not coped with other meds since but never to that extreme. While in hospital I didn’t react well to the cocktail of drugs they put me on initially but no idea what they were as I was in Spain! I was in hospital for weeks. My medical notes that came back to England were brief so I really don’t know which meds I reacted further to or whether certain ingredients in these meds.
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Goodness how scary for you! And tricky for you to do anything about it with any great precision and confidence, because you don’t really have complete information about what happened :(

Must make things really difficult :(
 
JAJ said:
Called GP again today & essentially fobbed off again (vaccines have been outsourced). I was refused an appointment when I asked to speak to a clinician. Receptionist recommended I contact local CCG which I have done & they have acknowledged & are ‘looking into it’.
Also phoned Diabetes UK. Very helpful lady who thought it wasn’t an issue they were aware of. She has flagged to their policy team.
Finally got a text this afternoon allowing me to book an appointment for Saturday!! Just hope it’s the Pfizer & not Astra Zeneca! No idea if me chasing it up had an impact or whether she got her invitation today by chance?
Good luck with your daughter’s.
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Hoping its the Pfizer for you. This really should have been sorted. The 16 and 17 Yr olds with conditions in gp 6 must be a relatively significant number and there should have been a policy in place to deal with it. Husband rang the practice manager today who was supposed to ring back but didn't. We have been trying to get an answer for 2 weeks now and no further forward.
 
stephknits said:
Hoping its the Pfizer for you. This really should have been sorted. The 16 and 17 Yr olds with conditions in gp 6 must be a relatively significant number and there should have been a policy in place to deal with it. Husband rang the practice manager today who was supposed to ring back but didn't. We have been trying to get an answer for 2 weeks now and no further forward.
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I would suggest contacting your local CCG? They did at least acknowledge my email quite quickly (I did mark up urgent) & said they'd look at the issue. It may even have prompted our invite...or just coincidence? If I didn't get a response, I was going to send onto the CCG complaints unit & copy in the MP. Don't really feel comfortable creating a big fuss, but I think it's an issue that could slip through the net otherwise. I'm really hoping Diabetes UK take up the issue, as it will probably take something like that to resolve it? Good luck!
 
JAJ said:
Many thanks for your prompt reply. Likewise with my daughter who also returns to college tomorrow-she's also a bit anxious given she has a T1 friend, same age, who has been vaccinated a couple of weeks ago? She is different GP surgery but within same group of practices? I intend to call them again tomorrow. I called last week to be told the vaccination programme has been outsourced so they couldn't do anything, but that didn't really satisfy me, especially when I asked for reassurance she would be included in this round of vaccines. This morning I have learnt from BBC news (usually a reliable source) that all those in group 8 (ages 55-59) can now book online, even though we've heard nothing about group 6?? I'll let you know if I many to progress. Thanks again
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Group 6 have been able to book online without a letter since last week.
 
JAJ said:
Thanks, but not if you’re under 18 as you can only have Pfizer which is not available on online booking system.
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Thanks for that clarification @JAJ . Useful info.
 
I had my vaccine this afternoon. It was a national vaccination centre but they were turning people who didn’t have a letter. The lady asked why had I come as I was too young. I said that I was clinically vulnerable due to my diabetes.

Other people were being asked to leave without having the vaccine when they had booked online but they didn’t have a letter.
 
Had mine today too. We had to provide booking reference and nhs number and next of kin phone number or were turned away, loads didn’t have them. There was no shortage of other people to jab though as I my appointment was 0840, arrived 0830, queued for close to an hour outside the building before reaching the queue inside the building (take a jumper and a brolly if it’s cold or raining!). Good to see so many people being jabbed.
 
I had my first jab and so did my husband yesterday morning. We emailed our GP a while ago and pointed out our status as unpaid carers as well as disabilities that made queuing problematic and they gave us an appointment last week. We had the Oxford one and we are in South Wales. We are both under the weather today but so far nothing major. Just snuffles and aches and pains. We are in our late fifties.
 
I had mine 4 weeks ago in Cornwall. I have been in the shielding group as extremely vulnerable. Got sore arm for a few days but no more. I'm only 58. They are doing really well in mid cornwall.
 
Years ago we took the afternoon off and drove to a friend in Llantrisant's funeral. Oops - I was one of only 2 women in Pontypridd crem which was packed. How was I supposed to know ladies don't go to funerals even when they are the widow?
 
Anitram said:
I know Swansea, too. Married a Swansea girl in 1970 and lived in West Cross and later in Oystermouth.
Sadly, three of my last four trips back have been for family funerals.
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trophywench said:
Years ago we took the afternoon off and drove to a friend in Llantrisant's funeral. Oops - I was one of only 2 women in Pontypridd crem which was packed. How was I supposed to know ladies don't go to funerals even when they are the widow?
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Conflicted now because - 'liking' seems inappropriate for posts about funerals - so I have replied instead.
It is weird for me like so many other people I suppose. I live near my family and where I was brought up but it is too far to count as 'being local' and so I haven't been to any of the places I used to go to regularly for outside exercise. Which is part of the reason I haven't been out of my home for a year for any reason even for exercise. I might as well be in a different country. It will be lovely to be able to go for a walk on a deserted beach on a dull windy day again.
 
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