Covid vaccine

trisher

7 centres for vaccination- They are in London, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Surrey and Stevenage
Anyone notice a bit of a southern bias?

Not very convenient for me (mid Cornwall). Bristol is about 3 hrs (150 miles) away.

2 surgeries are about 7 miles away. One has just had vaccine delivered the other still waiting for some.

If you are offered a vaccine at a hub you are likely to get it sooner. The Astra-Zeneca vaccine is still in very short supply nationwide. It was reported on the news today that Wales has received 250,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine so far, but only 22,500 doses of the Astra-Zeneca one. It is allocated proportionately across the UK. Not all GP practices who have signed up to give vaccines have any stock yet, and many, particularly smaller, practices throughout the UK don’t have the resources to provide vaccines.

If I'd said that about England Call I'd be in trouble

Wales is trailing behind, goodness' knows what's going on now.

Just spoke to a friend in the London area and they have had first and second doses already at their surgery. Neither 80+ nor vulnerable.

Sparklefizz

trisher

Sparklefizz It would have been nice to see one somewhere between Birmingham and Newcastle perhaps in one of the big Yorkshre cities, York, Sheffield or Bradford. After all Surrey is only just outside London, as is Stevenage. As it is someone living in Yorkshire will need to travel either to Newcastle or to Manchester. Not an easy journey in this weather.

Parts of Surrey are 50 miles from London, trisher so not on the doorstep (I used to live there), but yes, it seems there do need to be more venues. Maybe they were set up according to levels of infection currently and numbers in London and the South East are very high.

I actually know Surrey as well (us Northerners do travel you know). There is 50 miles between Barnett and Epsom. It's nearly 90 miles from Manchester to Birmingham and 150 miles from Manchester to Newcastle across some of the highest peaks in England, in the snow. But 50 miles with decent public transport - rail and tube is too far for a Southerner! Well there you have it- The Great Divide!

Peasblossom I live in London and there is a site at Wembley and another in Harrow so slowly they are appearing. We just need sufficient vaccine now in our neck of the woods.

I know there have to be other sites in London- Guys hospital is one, I know my local is not. We are slowly getting there.

Our local surgery has just started vaccinating. I’m hopeful I will get my turn there.

As I pointed out to my 88 year old relative who was complaining she hadn’t heard yet at least you are at the front of the queue it will be done shortly. I am much more concerned about my 33 year old daughter who is much further down I have seen pneumonia put her in intensive care twice and am so concerned what COVID would do to her

My 96 year old mother-in-law has heard nothing. She was on the phone to her surgery yesterday. They have no vaccine yet and no communication about it yet, apparently.

There are many more venues, including GP surgeries. These are the large hubs. One for each NHS region in England.

Nobody in Yorkshire will be expected to travel to Newcastle in a snowstorm.

The London hub’s in Barnet.

Quite a long way from the hub in Surrey ?

I really don’t mind where the appointment is but in for a bit of a wait yet
There was some reports of people not turning up for appointments this is totally unacceptable

Tricia there are hubs being set up at LeedsUnited and Huddersfield Town football grounds. Also Jacobs Well in Bradford and Navigation Walk in Wakefield.

trisher

Sparklefizz It would have been nice to see one somewhere between Birmingham and Newcastle perhaps in one of the big Yorkshre cities, York, Sheffield or Bradford. After all Surrey is only just outside London, as is Stevenage. As it is someone living in Yorkshire will need to travel either to Newcastle or to Manchester. Not an easy journey in this weather.

Parts of Surrey are 50 miles from London, trisher so not on the doorstep (I used to live there), but yes, it seems there do need to be more venues. Maybe they were set up according to levels of infection currently and numbers in London and the South East are very high.

My husband and I both had our first Pfizer injections at a hub 8 miles away last Thursday. We are in the 75 - 80 age group.
All went well, though we were told the second injection would be 10 to 12 weeks away.
A relation who is 80, and in a different area, has now had both jabs.

I'm on Warfarin and was asked about it when I got the flu vaccine. The issue was that there might be some bleeding at the site of the injection. I expect it will be the same for the Covid vaccine.

Are you getting your vaccine EV? Exciting!!

Sparklefizz It would have been nice to see one somewhere between Birmingham and Newcastle perhaps in one of the big Yorkshre cities, York, Sheffield or Bradford. After all Surrey is only just outside London, as is Stevenage. As it is someone living in Yorkshire will need to travel either to Newcastle or to Manchester. Not an easy journey in this weather.

Just had a phone-call to attend our local medical centre on Wednesday ( this week ) Receptionist asked if I was on blood-thinners to which I said yes and that it had bothered me with this vaccine, but she didn't say anything. Ah well !

The group practice of which I am a registered patient is vaccinating 80s and over in the Civic Hall on Friday and Saturday, Care Homes, residents and staff next week. There isn't a hub within 10 miles - well, not yet anyway.

Surrey? that's rather vague. There must be a central hub somewhere in the county!

If I'd said that about England Call I'd be in trouble

1,100 vaccination sites opened up in Scotland today. We're getting 8.2% of the available vaccines, we've got 8.2% of the population of the UK. Doing OK so far.

On fb they’re saying get Aldi to do it they ll all be done in a day
It is a dreadful muddle though My three older friends (over 80 and from three different surgeries) have all had their first and second vaccines at a local Surgery which is being used just for that alone so a local hub
I hope they continue that for my age group as I couldn’t get to any of those places The nearest would be 120 miles ??

Anyone notice a bit of a southern bias?
Well, I did notice a bit of a bias towards England!

Arent they are being rolled out to GP surgeries?

trisher where did you want them to be?

7 centres for vaccination- They are in London, Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Surrey and Stevenage
Anyone notice a bit of a southern bias?