COVID vaccine

[Tuppeny51]

Had a text this afternoon to book for my covid vaccine. Appointment tomorrow lunchtime 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Barrister]

My dad had a letter to book his vaccination today too - given a choice of 4 venues - the nearest was 30 miles away, the next 47 miles away, the next 53 miles away and the last 87 miles away! It’s a joke when just 6 miles down the road, GP surgeries are giving them!

[Boxerlady in reply to Barrister]

That's disappointing - no point in contacting the local surgery, I suppose?

[Barrister in reply to Boxerlady]

I will be asking the surgery today but when I asked 2 weeks ago (when I know they had already started giving the vaccination at Addenbrookes before Christmas) I was told he had to wait to be contacted.

[Jillyanne in reply to Barrister]

They did say on the news that you can contact your local surgery if you cannot make the alternatives , good luck

[Gilliancheche in reply to Barrister]

It depends where the vaccine is being delivered unfortunately. My housebound 94 year old mother had to travel 10 miles, luckily I found a neighbour to take her as I live 150 miles away. There is usually community transport available too. Hope you father can get his vaccination

[Barrister in reply to Gilliancheche]

10 miles is fine, I don’t see a problem especially when we live just outside Cambridge and they are giving it at Addenbrookes, just 6 miles away! But then telling people to travel at least 30 miles is ridiculous when the government is telling us not to travel anywhere so as not to put pressure on the NHS!

[Gilliancheche in reply to Barrister]

My friends mum just had to travel 30 miles, it is luck of the draw as to how far you need to travel. You have the option to wait for a closer location or make the journey if you can safely do so.

[Pippy25]

Oh that is good news.

[Boxerlady]

That's great 👍

[allanah]

Congratulations xxx🙆‍♂️

[bunnycaramel]

That is good news

What part of the uk do you live. Just interested.

[essexgirl]

Which one you having

[Tuppeny51]

Bexley in Kent

[Hidden]

Whoop whoop!!

[Niao]

Yay!🙂

[Neonkittie17]

Let us know how it goes! 💗

[Jillyanne]

Brilliant news and also chuffed that the message came by text because some days I don’t even see the post man 👏👏👏👏

[Fruitandnutcase in reply to Jillyanne]

A friend of my son also had notification by text. It’s much more reliable I imagine the post is a bit up in the air at the moment in some places. On the other hand it means I need to actually look at my mobile for a change, I never usually bother about it.

[Jillyanne in reply to Fruitandnutcase]

😂😂😂 Yes me too , my phone is never with me and now we are joined at the hip

[Fruitandnutcase in reply to Jillyanne]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Tuppeny51]

Vaccine all done. Very busy there but efficient .

[Neonkittie17 in reply to Tuppeny51]

Well done!

[WozzaM]

Well done!! How old are you btw? I am 46 but not heard anything yet, am assuming I am a long way down the list even though I’m on MTX

[Tuppeny51 in reply to WozzaM]

70 last Sunday and I am shielding. Take care.

[allanah]

Did it go ok?

[Tuppeny51 in reply to allanah]

It was well organised, very busy but fine. We have been very lucky in that locally they are really working flat out.

[allanah in reply to Tuppeny51]

So glad for you. I'm getting impatient and really want the pfizer too lol

[essexgirl]

Well done you ....Which vaccine did you have

[Tuppeny51 in reply to essexgirl]

Pfizer vaccine

[essexgirl]

Ok brilliant