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[shewhomust]

At lunchtime I had my seasonal Covid vaccination.

I don't seem to have posted about our previous attempt, when we were first notified that vaccinations were available, and we drove off to a clinic in Sunderland where drop in sessions were allegedly available. It turned out that the information on the internet was wrong, and you couldn''t just drop in (and no, we'd already discovered that there were no appointments to be had).

durham_rambler had his vaccination some weeks ago, from our GP, and his flu jab too, but I wasn't eligible for those. Then a letter arrived while we were away, inviting me to book an appointment, and I found one at a pharmacy in Sacriston - which turned out to be some sort of back office, a unit on an industrial estate, at the far end of a shed mostly occupied by a motor mechanic. Which was surreal, but the process was efficient and friendly.

So now I just have to sort out the flu jab...

Comments

[cmcmck]

Glad that's been done- we got both ours a little bit back.

[shewhomust]

I'm trying not to sulk that they won't let us do things together - it would be so much easier for us.

[cmcmck]

We had separate appointments but the nurse that jabbed me said that no one would have been bothered if we turned up together as long as we'd both booked, so we'll bear than in mind for future reference.

[shewhomust]

The person who did my jab said likewise - ondeed, she asked if there was anyone with me who needed a jab. The difference being that durham_rambler was done at the GP's, and they see things differently ...

[sovay]

At lunchtime I had my seasonal Covid vaccination.

Great!

[shewhomust]

Thank you!

[cellio]

"Back later, dear -- I'm off to the mechanic for a seasonal tuneup!" :-)

[shewhomust]

Actually, that sounds like a great idea!

[anef]

Bizarre that your GP didn't offer you both jabs together, especially as you have the same GP as D_R. Ours is offering both together, which must reduce processing time for them as well as for us.

[shewhomust]

I think it's because we are on different sides of a crucial age divide. But our GP does seem to be a bit hung up on their own schedules: a session which we both attend and used to attend together is now linked to your birthday, and since our birthdays are in different months we have to go separately.

Given the fuss about patients missing appointments, you'd think they'd want to make things easy for us, but no...