NHS surgery website video - how to do your own B12 injections

[rogergee]

Just wow! You’re lucky if this is your surgery.

Sorry if I’m late to the party and it’s been posted before, I came across it when I was trying to find out roughly the cost the NHS attaches to a B12 injection (failed to find that).

eastwoodprimarycarecentre.n...

[Beginner2]

Well done finding this. I'm a regular reader here and haven't seen it before.

[helvella]

You could consider putting in a Freedom of Information request to find out. Not sure which body - perhaps start with a GOP surgery and escalate level by level depending on responses?

[rogergee in reply to helvella]

Yes, but I only thought of it today and I want it for tomorrow. It’s not a problem. I want it for comparison to a suggested MRI scan which, apparently, averages out at £363 to the NHS, so I’ll use £35 for the B12 jab in a nurse appointment as a rough figure. Quite a difference if I’m going to be offered an MRI scan and not a B12 jab, which I’m quite comfortable with doing myself.

[wedgewood]

I have to say that I’m amazed to see that video ! It’s from a surgery in Nottingham !Obviously a surgery with some thoughtful unbigoted doctors .

[rogergee in reply to wedgewood]

It really is amazing for them to put it out there!

[Hidden]

Wow ! well done for sharing this rogergee it will help reassure so many people here.thank you x

[rogergee in reply to Hidden]

You’re welcome.

[Nackapan]

I've read b12 is 8 times cheaper than an antidepressant ovef 6 months

On 2006 £26 for b12 for 6 months ( dorst state how many injections v £200 for an antidepressant

[rogergee in reply to Nackapan]

Thank you for that.

[andepande]

What a brilliant video . I got my friend to guild me she’s a UCI nurse . Every little bit of guidance is helpful .

[SallyRees]

This is fabulous! Thanks for sharing. Hopefully this is the start of a nationwide trend 🤞 The sceptic in me makes me wonder if a lot of patients have informed this surgery that they’ve started to self inject. Either way this is brilliant.

Hopefully we can highlight it more and get it more attention.

[SigNi]

Wow. Just wow. Common sense, no drama. So refreshing it brings tears to my eyes.

[rogergee in reply to SigNi]

Oh bless!

[autumngreen]

Thanks for posting that, it’s really helpful.

[rogergee in reply to autumngreen]

You’re very welcome

[Cherylclaire Forum Support]

Thanks for that, rogergee .

How very sensible. I noticed this nurse also uses the syringe wrapper as protection when snapping the top off the glass B12 vial.

I haven't seen this particular video before - but I did see a video link on here to a GP demonstrating self-injection in his own thigh with B12.

I am having to fight the urge to be bowled over with gratitude. Here's why:

why would anyone leave patients to wait longer for/ be refused injections during covid (and beyond) -when this approach was so obviously the only humane solution ?

They should all have considered doing this, from the start of pandemic, as a duty of care. It should have come from the top down. Not as a solution from a few caring individuals in one exemplary practice. Treatment should not be an NHS lottery.

This no-nonsense video very useful for those who can't find anyone to teach them how to self-inject - and are quite nervous.

When I started, I couldn't find a nurse willing to go through it with me as suggested by my GP, so chose a video based on a pair of sensible pants !

[RoseFlowerDew]

Extraordinary forward thinking GP practice. Brilliant video

[Polaris]

Being interested in seeing this again I just tried the link before passing on to a friend but it’s now coming up as

‘Forbidden’. !

[rogergee in reply to Polaris]

Ooooooh!

Perhaps somebody more clever than me has saved it somehow and could pass it on to you? Fingers crossed.

[dot-dash in reply to Polaris]

From the practice itself: eastwoodprimarycarecentre.n...

or in case that goes, the direct YT link: youtu.be/eXR1G7_Rqj4(Not working as expected?)

[Polaris in reply to dot-dash]

Thank you very much dot-dash 🤗

[rogergee in reply to dot-dash]

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing.