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Mine was done at a local health centre .my docs are in a hub too

Was very quick and I didn’t feel the needle go in . Was over and done with in a few moments

Maybe because it goes into a muscle it’s painless

I had mine this morning my friend took me as I do not drive and all the doctors in the area have got together and are sending us all to the same hub went very smoothly and did not have sit for five minutes after I was home within the hour, I did not even feel the needle going in my cousin who is 57 had his today but he has diabetes and is getting over cancer so pleased that he has had his, the reason some people are getting text messages and some are getting letters is if you have a mobile it must be registered with your doctor, so saying that I got both hope those who are still waiting I hope you don't have to wait to long, and Shelly rose please tell your husband there's nothing to worry about

My dad (67 next week) got his letter and is going for his vaccination on the 16th. My father in law is 70 and has diabetes and yet hasn’t had his letter yet. They only live four miles apart so I can only assume it’s different surgeries moving at different speeds.

Pleased it went ok for you, Sue :-) <3

ShelleyRose.

I never saw the needle it was that quick.

Keep Hubby talking and he won't know it's been done.

Didn't have to wait the 15 minutes after I had it done.

Good Luck with your vaccines.

We've got our appointment for the vaccination for next Friday, we were hoping it would be at our local health centre which is just down the road from us, but no we've to go 7 miles away, it's a bit of a problem for my oh as he suffers from a fear of needles - it's a phobia he's had since childhood (he also has serious anaemia), he's not happy about going for this jag anyway, so not sure we'll be going. I don't drive so reliant on him. Good luck to all who are having/have had the jag :-(

It sounds as if it a lot closer which is one thing, Sue...hope it goes ok for you on Saturday :-)

We finally got a text to book ours this morning. It is the local GP hub, but not the surgery in our town, it is twelve miles away, but that is not a problem for us. We used two IPads to do the bookings at the same time, we coordinated pressing the buttons. It gave me the choice of one on Sunday, but not OH, so we opted for Monday. The nearest time we could get them was twenty minutes apart. We have a forecast for loads of snow on Monday, so I hope we can get there and the centre will still be open.

No I have had to book a taxi .
Hopefully it won't snow here Saturday.


It's in the big health centre 8 miles away.

Well done.

Got my letter today but as it is our village surgery that is doing jabs I shall wait for them

To amuse myself I did go online to see what was on offer.

Hmm. Only 15 miles or so. But I am not a crow. So it would either be about 21 miles plus road toll. Or about 30 miles using the roadworks ridden motorway!

well done sue
good luck

Great news.....are they coming to you, Sue :-)

Hope all goes well Sue <3

Well after fighting for 3 days have eventually got an appointment for Saturday PM.

Can't wait to get it done.

No chance of talking to a doctor they are just as bad,

can you talk direct to your doctor, or another receptionists
i never ring mine in the morning, a right madam but the afternoon one couldn't be more helpful

Sorry Sue but I don't think much of the receptionist at your surgery. :-(

Ours are brilliant - well informed, friendly, helpful and, if they don't know the answer, will ring back later or get someone else, such as the GP, to ring back.

Well sorry to leave it so late in answering you all.

Just rang our surgery again and got through to a high and mighty receptionist.

Told her why I was ringing and she said **Hold on she would look on the website for Covid vaccines**

She came back and told me I am not on the list for vaccine but she would have to get in touch with her manager.

I said I had got the letter for the vaccine and told her that I had been on the website and there is no way I can get to where the list says I have to go.

So Have to wait for her to ring me back for more information.

The surgery don't do HOME VISITS unless you are on your death bed.(one of the nurses told me that about 4 years ago.)

So looks like those over 70 and with COPD won't get the vaccine where I live.

told her the government have said all over 70's will have the vaccine before 15th February. but think our surgery are reading the instructions a different way. She said **NO so long as you have the letter before the 15th then they have done their job.**

When our surgery rang us, after offering us a time slot, she then asked if we were OK to get there.

We could drive, but if not the District Nurse is doing home visits.

By the way, I noticed that on the list was a pharmacy near my brother - 27 miles away from us. After I booked our appointments (for this morning, so first jab done), I rang my brother and told him.

I also told him that I'd heard of a 73-year-old walking into a pharmacy not far from my brother and being offered a jab.

My brother rang the pharmacist's shop which is a five-minute walk from him. They told him to come in today and he was due to get his at 4 pm.

When I first rang the number on the letter the person on the other end also said the Nightingale Hospital was the nearest, followed by a village pharmacy a few miles further away - then by my brother's local pharmacy. When I queried nearer venues, she told me that they only dealt with big vaccination centres - which clearly they did not.

If you don't get a call from your doctor, it may be worth ringing your local pharmacy.