Vaccination priority groups

[Maiden Stone]

I think it depends on where you live and the availability of the vaccine.

I had a ‘phone call on Sunday afternoon and, half an hour later, I’d had the jab - I’m a sprightly 69!

You may have been on a reserve list of people to be invited at short notice in order to use up vaccine. G.P.s have been advised to compile reserve lists in case they receive more doses than are needed for appointments already made. People on a reserve list have to live within a certain travelling time/distance, be fit enough to get to the vaccination location and able to get there quickly. The person who phoned you may have contacted several people before you who weren't able to make it to the venue at short notice.   

[Mowsehowse]

I think it depends on where you live and the availability of the vaccine.

I had a ‘phone call on Sunday afternoon and, half an hour later, I’d had the jab - I’m a sprightly 69!

You may have been on a reserve list of people to be invited at short notice in order to use up vaccine. G.P.s have been advised to compile reserve lists in case they receive more doses than are needed for appointments already made. People on a reserve list have to live within a certain travelling time/distance, be fit enough to get to the vaccination location and able to get there quickly. The person who phoned you may have contacted several people before you who weren't able to make it to the venue at short notice.

Well they didn't bother contacting me!

[Maiden Stone]

Care home residents, staff & outside care-workers were Scotland's priority. more or less completed!

My health board is starting age 65-79 on 1st Feb. Vaccination venues are leisure and community centres. There are to be 2 vaccination centres in my town, operating 12 hours a day. The main leisure centre near the town centre will be used for the first 7 days of February and a smaller leisure centre in the north of town will be open for 2 days later in the month. People will be invited to a centre depending on their postcode. Mine is the largest town in the district. Smaller towns will have a vaccination centre for 2 or 3 days, some villages for 1 day.
Meanwhile G.P.s are concentrating on housebound and vulnerable people.
All 70 + and 80+ on an island in the health board region were to be vaccinated in 1 batch. I assume that a team from the mainland would go. That would depend on weather gods being kind and ferries operating as normal.










 

[Glen in Tinsel Kni]

I've spent weeks last year trying to get on the official shielding list without success ad had no joy trying to find out what group I'm actually in for the vaccine. I suspected I was the final group as no shielding letters again so far this year.  Finally managed to find an email address and tried a back door enquiry and some kind soul checked and let me know I'm not on any priority list and never have been.

Almost three years since a diagnosis of Stage 4 COPD, 5 heart attacks in a 10 month period and 15-20 overnight admissions from A&E since the first lockdown but I'm not on any risk/vulnerable list.  If the calculator is to be believed I'm down for first jab in August and 2nd by mid November.

All of it down to my GP not forwarding info to the medical officer, if I could trust him not to lose my file going to another practice within the same medical centre I'd swap tomorrow but I've got my doubts he could manage it.

My "disgusted of Tunbridge Wells" persona is emerging with the complaint letters going far and wide.

[ReadyDale]

FYI - My OH got the text today to go online and book her jab. Wasn't expecting it quite yet, as she is Group 5 (65-69). Had a choice of two locations, and in the one she chose she could have even been "done" today, but as I had to get off work to drive her there, she accepted tomorrow.
Goes to show how well it is going (certainly around here)

[LizzieL]

Seems like it's a postcode lottery. I've heard of quite a number of group five have had jabs or appointments in the very near future. Our area didn't start till well into January with care homes

[Mowsehowse]

Definitely a post code lottery, which given l am going on 70, and have heard nothing yet, doesn't seem to be giving a nod to parity!!
And, where is "round here" ReadyDale?

[ReadyDale]

Definitely a post code lottery, which given l am going on 70, and have heard nothing yet, doesn't seem to be giving a nod to parity!!
And, where is "round here" ReadyDale?

West London suburbs

[weste]

Well the amount of vaccine thats been left out the fridge or the fridge has been switched off is getting ridiculous. Okay we knew there was always a chance especially with pfizer there could be problems but all that waste and expense! There's simple solutions e.g a notice Please do not switch off.