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Post by 09dolphin on Nov 13, 2021 23:23:36 GMT
My 2nd Covid vaccination was on 8th April 2021. Advised by family to book a booster online today which I did (for 17th November which is the earliest I can get) despite not getting any sort of notification from the NHS.
As someone who is elderly but doesn't avidly follow the news, rarely listens to radio or TV but uses the internet extensively I wonder when the NHS would have told me an extra jab is recommended/desirable.
Is the NHS fit for purpose. If this is an example of their efficiency and effectiveness I suggest there needs to be changes.
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Post by bracknellboy on Nov 14, 2021 7:02:24 GMT
My 2nd Covid vaccination was on 8th April 2021. Advised by family to book a booster online today which I did (for 17th November which is the earliest I can get) despite not getting any sort of notification from the NHS. As someone who is elderly but doesn't avidly follow the news, rarely listens to radio or TV but uses the internet extensively I wonder when the NHS would have told me an extra jab is recommended/desirable. Is the NHS fit for purpose. If this is an example of their efficiency and effectiveness I suggest there needs to be changes. at the very least, text message notifications are going out very shortly after the 6 month mark e.g. 6 month + a few days. Given that you can typically book an appointment for not very far away (as noted by your ability to book for the 17th despite that being the very earliest you could have it) that means in general if you do nothing more than react to notification from the nhs you will still be getting your booster within one to two weeks of the 6 month mark. Whatever other problems with the nhs, I hardly think your failure to get a notification ahead of your 6 month mark is a sign of a problem. And yes I would hope that now you can book at 5+ months someone will quite quickly change a parameter in the system and send out notifications prior to 6 months. But not exactly a damning failure that it has not yet been done.
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Post by Greenwood2 on Nov 14, 2021 9:14:27 GMT
My daughter who is on the highly vulnerable list, didn't get a booster letter (or text) after six months and got a 'You are not eligible...' when she tried to book on line. Rang up the helpline and immediately got an appointment. Left hand - Right hand.
I had to push her to ring as she assumed they would both be using the same data base and maybe they had changed exactly who was eligible and she had just dropped off the list. I wonder how many people are in that position?
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Post by jonno on Nov 14, 2021 9:37:34 GMT
My best friend is terminally ill and I have been visiting him every day. It turns out that his partner's brother had caught it and I'm pretty sure that's where it came from. Unfortunately I think he's going to pass before I'm going to get a chance to say goodbye and to be honest I'm finding it really hard to deal with. But thank you for your good wishes. All the best mate.. 👍👏 Thank you martin44, much appreciated. His funeral is tomorrow afternoon.
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Post by keitha on Nov 14, 2021 11:23:07 GMT
jonnoI hope it goes well, or more precisely as well as these things can go.
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Post by 09dolphin on Nov 14, 2021 15:30:11 GMT
My 2nd Covid vaccination was on 8th April 2021. Advised by family to book a booster online today which I did (for 17th November which is the earliest I can get) despite not getting any sort of notification from the NHS. As someone who is elderly but doesn't avidly follow the news, rarely listens to radio or TV but uses the internet extensively I wonder when the NHS would have told me an extra jab is recommended/desirable. Is the NHS fit for purpose. If this is an example of their efficiency and effectiveness I suggest there needs to be changes. at the very least, text message notifications are going out very shortly after the 6 month mark e.g. 6 month + a few days. Given that you can typically book an appointment for not very far away (as noted by your ability to book for the 17th despite that being the very earliest you could have it) that means in general if you do nothing more than react to notification from the nhs you will still be getting your booster within one to two weeks of the 6 month mark. Whatever other problems with the nhs, I hardly think your failure to get a notification ahead of your 6 month mark is a sign of a problem. And yes I would hope that now you can book at 5+ months someone will quite quickly change a parameter in the system and send out notifications prior to 6 months. But not exactly a damning failure that it has not yet been done. 8th April + 6 months = 8th October. Therefore my booster jab will be over 7 months after my 2nd jab or 5+ weeks after I should haver been notified that I was due for my 3rd jab. Not sure I understand your point when you say that if you react to notification from the NHS you will be getting your booster within one to two weeks of the 6 month mark when my point was that it's already 4 weeks after the 6 month mark and I have not been notified of anything by the NHS.
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Post by westcountryfunder on Nov 14, 2021 16:30:51 GMT
at the very least, text message notifications are going out very shortly after the 6 month mark e.g. 6 month + a few days. Given that you can typically book an appointment for not very far away (as noted by your ability to book for the 17th despite that being the very earliest you could have it) that means in general if you do nothing more than react to notification from the nhs you will still be getting your booster within one to two weeks of the 6 month mark. Whatever other problems with the nhs, I hardly think your failure to get a notification ahead of your 6 month mark is a sign of a problem. And yes I would hope that now you can book at 5+ months someone will quite quickly change a parameter in the system and send out notifications prior to 6 months. But not exactly a damning failure that it has not yet been done. 8th April + 6 months = 8th October. Therefore my booster jab will be over 7 months after my 2nd jab or 5+ weeks after I should haver been notified that I was due for my 3rd jab. Not sure I understand your point when you say that if you react to notification from the NHS you will be getting your booster within one to two weeks of the 6 month mark when my point was that it's already 4 weeks after the 6 month mark and I have not been notified of anything by the NHS. Perhaps I may say as politely and uncontroversially as I can that I do think it is necessary to accept some responsibility for monitoring such matters for one's self. Clearly it seems that you became aware that you would become eligible for booster jabs six months (actually 183 days, I believe) after your second jab. Does your GP/NHS know your email address and/or mobile number? Is there any information on the GP's website about the booster programme? No mobile? No problem (I rarely use mine if I can possibly avoid it!) As you are happy with the internet there has been plenty of information about access to your health records, including your vaccination status. For example: www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/about-the-nhs/how-to-access-your-health-records/Personally I did get a text message which I only discovered well after I had booked my booster on-line, and a letter arrived just after I had booked. Booster jab yesterday at a vaccination centre (first two done by GP) about 10 days after eligibility. Totally happy with that.
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Post by bracknellboy on Nov 14, 2021 18:00:33 GMT
at the very least, text message notifications are going out very shortly after the 6 month mark e.g. 6 month + a few days. Given that you can typically book an appointment for not very far away (as noted by your ability to book for the 17th despite that being the very earliest you could have it) that means in general if you do nothing more than react to notification from the nhs you will still be getting your booster within one to two weeks of the 6 month mark. Whatever other problems with the nhs, I hardly think your failure to get a notification ahead of your 6 month mark is a sign of a problem. And yes I would hope that now you can book at 5+ months someone will quite quickly change a parameter in the system and send out notifications prior to 6 months. But not exactly a damning failure that it has not yet been done. 8th April + 6 months = 8th October. Therefore my booster jab will be over 7 months after my 2nd jab or 5+ weeks after I should haver been notified that I was due for my 3rd jab. Not sure I understand your point when you say that if you react to notification from the NHS you will be getting your booster within one to two weeks of the 6 month mark when my point was that it's already 4 weeks after the 6 month mark and I have not been notified of anything by the NHS. Well perhaps because I read your 'the earliest I can get it' as meaning that was your eligibility date, not 'the earliest I can get an appointment' which it seems is what you were actually trying to convey. As I had read it that way I didn't even think to look at the actual dates, (having passed over it by that point). Still, as someone else has said, surely one would have wanted/have some responsibility to monitor these things. We put our eligibility date in on the calendar shortly after they announced the booster program so we knew when to check/get proactive. After all, it only needs one to have given an incorrect mobile number for their contact details when having first jab to then be outside one of the primary mechanisms for notifying.
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Post by bracknellboy on Nov 14, 2021 18:03:39 GMT
My daughter who is on the highly vulnerable list, didn't get a booster letter (or text) after six months and got a 'You are not eligible...' when she tried to book on line. Rang up the helpline and immediately got an appointment. Left hand - Right hand. I had to push her to ring as she assumed they would both be using the same data base and maybe they had changed exactly who was eligible and she had just dropped off the list. I wonder how many people are in that position?i hope that is not very common. I can't comment as I also qualified by age so not sure which was the trigger.
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Post by Greenwood2 on Nov 14, 2021 21:10:08 GMT
My daughter who is on the highly vulnerable list, didn't get a booster letter (or text) after six months and got a 'You are not eligible...' when she tried to book on line. Rang up the helpline and immediately got an appointment. Left hand - Right hand. I had to push her to ring as she assumed they would both be using the same data base and maybe they had changed exactly who was eligible and she had just dropped off the list. I wonder how many people are in that position?i hope that is not very common. I can't comment as I also qualified by age so not sure which was the trigger. I was surprised that she didn't get an automatic call back (she got all the shielding stuff, plus people ringing to see if she was OK and to do her shopping for her if necessary) then no notification about the booster and the not eligible for booster message. It seems to have been a mistake, a problem with the booking site maybe? OK for her since she now has an appointment, but some people may not pursue it and miss out. She was giving up and assumed she wouldn't get a booster or not until her age group was called, if at all.
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Post by moonraker on Nov 14, 2021 22:06:20 GMT
I got a text in good time and was able to book my booster for October 29, 20 days after my second jab. This was the most convenient day for me though I could have got a slot a week or so earlier. Just checked my patient record, and there's no record yet of the booster, though I do have a tiny card confirming I've had it. I had the jab at a pharmacy that was short-staffed and desperate for volunteers to process the patients before and after their jab.
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Post by benaj on Nov 15, 2021 8:06:47 GMT
I got a text in good time and was able to book my booster for October 29, 20 days after my second jab. This was the most convenient day for me though I could have got a slot a week or so earlier. Just checked my patient record, and there's no record yet of the booster, though I do have a tiny card confirming I've had it. I had the jab at a pharmacy that was short-staffed and desperate for volunteers to process the patients before and after their jab. 😯 So you got your booster covid jab 20 days after your 2nd covid jab from NHS?
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Post by bracknellboy on Nov 15, 2021 10:37:32 GMT
Announcement today that booster jabs are now being extended to the Over-40s (vs over 50s). Also second jabs to be given to 16-17 yr olds (previously had been given single dose with 'jury out' on whether second doses would be given.
This is the advise which the JCVI are giving to the govt.
Also interesting: they are continuing to advise to keep the 12 weeks gap between 1st and 2nd doses as on balance there are 'overall benefits' to having the longer gap.
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Post by keitha on Nov 15, 2021 13:01:06 GMT
Announcement today that booster jabs are now being extended to the Over-40s (vs over 50s). Also second jabs to be given to 16-17 yr olds (previously had been given single dose with 'jury out' on whether second doses would be given. This is the advise which the JCVI are giving to the govt. Also interesting: they are continuing to advise to keep the 12 weeks gap between 1st and 2nd doses as on balance there are 'overall benefits' to having the longer gap. Interesting that our European friends are saying 8 weeks max between the 2 provides longer term protection
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Post by adrianc on Nov 15, 2021 14:01:33 GMT
I got a text in good time and was able to book my booster for October 29, 20 days after my second jab. This was the most convenient day for me though I could have got a slot a week or so earlier. Just checked my patient record, and there's no record yet of the booster, though I do have a tiny card confirming I've had it. I had the jab at a pharmacy that was short-staffed and desperate for volunteers to process the patients before and after their jab. 😯 So you got your booster covid jab 20 days after your 2nd covid jab from NHS? Think he must mean 20 days after 6mo...
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