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Covid jabs when the system says No!
Posted: May 27th, 2021, 1:16 pm
by Gerry557
Couple received text from doctors to book covid jabs. Turn up together at appointments 10 min apart but they can't find wife on the system. Booking confirmed showing on phone so husbands admin booked both in. 1st jabs done happily
News of changes to 12 week wait for second jabs being brought forward to 8 weeks.
Husband gets another text to book but nothing for wife, assuming it will arrive shortly. Nothing arrives for wife but goes with husband to second jab just in case they can squeeze her in as she appears to be missing. Told no but to book online or ring 119.
Husband 2nd jabbed happily. Wife books online, will only allow to make x2 booking 8 weeks apart not just a second jab.
Turns up at appointment but they only have Pfizer not a second AZ. Told to rebook via 119.
119 say ring doctor. Doctor says ring 119, grumpy cos the message says don't contact doctor about covid jabs. No one seems to be able to guarantee a bookable AZ second jab or understand the catch 22 situation
Wife books another online appointment, well it's another 1st and second set hoping for an AZ, timescales will be over the 12 week period now. She can't cancel the ones she won't need anymore so places being wasted.
It mentions doing a survey on how easy it was to book online. Survey is completed with low scores and a highly dissatisfied, giving details of catch 22.
5 Min after completion, wife gets a call from doctors. She is not on the system, the original jab wasn't recorded, does she have jab card etc. Details will be added and updated in 24 hours. The doctors will call back when done and book a local AZ second jab.
Makes you wonder how many others get caught out and no one listens to them. If you know anyone in that situation tell them to fill in that survey and you just might get some joy and a jab!
Now just waiting for a call from the doctors
Re: Covid jabs when the system says No!
Posted: May 28th, 2021, 12:43 pm
by XFool
Gerry557 wrote:Couple received text from doctors to book covid jabs. Turn up together at appointments 10 min apart but they can't find wife on the system. Booking confirmed showing on phone so husbands admin booked both in. 1st jabs done happily
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Couple received text" - Not clear here: were there two texts received, one on husband's phone and one on wife's phone?
If so she must have been registered on GP's system. In which case it was some kind of system cock up. If only one text sent to husband's phone, then it was for appointment for that individual, AFAIK. So not a system cock up.
Re: Covid jabs when the system says No!
Posted: May 28th, 2021, 12:48 pm
by GrahamPlatt
“Turns up at appointment but they only have Pfizer not a second AZ. Told to rebook via 119”...
Why didn’t she just go ahead and have the Pfizer at that point?
Re: Covid jabs when the system says No!
Posted: May 28th, 2021, 1:10 pm
by stevensfo
GrahamPlatt wrote:“Turns up at appointment but they only have Pfizer not a second AZ. Told to rebook via 119”...
Why didn’t she just go ahead and have the Pfizer at that point?
They both produce antibodies, albeit in a different way, but I don't think that they're exactly the same antibodies. This depends on the exact sequence and length of DNA that each uses. So she'd still have to have a 2nd booster shot for one of them.
However, I reckon it wouldn't be a bad idea to have both, together with at least one 2nd jab. Maybe confer a bit more immunity?
Steve
Re: Covid jabs when the system says No!
Posted: May 29th, 2021, 11:44 am
by Gerry557
XFool wrote:Gerry557 wrote:Couple received text from doctors to book covid jabs. Turn up together at appointments 10 min apart but they can't find wife on the system. Booking confirmed showing on phone so husbands admin booked both in. 1st jabs done happily
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Couple received text" - Not clear here: were there two texts received, one on husband's phone and one on wife's phone?
If so she must have been registered on GP's system. In which case it was some kind of system cock up. If only one text sent to husband's phone, then it was for appointment for that individual, AFAIK. So not a system cock up.
It was two separate texts to two phones albeit within seconds of each other from the GP's system
Re: Covid jabs when the system says No!
Posted: May 29th, 2021, 11:46 am
by Gerry557
GrahamPlatt wrote:“Turns up at appointment but they only have Pfizer not a second AZ. Told to rebook via 119”...
Why didn’t she just go ahead and have the Pfizer at that point?
Im not sure you can mix both, maybe you can but I havent seen that recommend . I think she wanted to keep with AZ as that is what she had first time around.
Re: Covid jabs when the system says No!
Posted: May 29th, 2021, 11:51 am
by Gerry557
Well the doctors calling her back and booking her a second jab has not happened and she cant get through via phone to ask what progress is being made.
I doubt much will move until Monday now, another week goes by!
Re: Covid jabs when the system says No!
Posted: May 30th, 2021, 3:16 pm
by XFool
Gerry557 wrote:It was two separate texts to two phones albeit within seconds of each other from the GP's system
Were two separate appointments then made on line by, or for, each person?
Re: Covid jabs when the system says No!
Posted: June 1st, 2021, 10:46 am
by Gerry557
XFool wrote:Gerry557 wrote:It was two separate texts to two phones albeit within seconds of each other from the GP's system
Were two separate appointments then made on line by, or for, each person?
Two totally independent online bookings that were chosen 10 mins apart to car share.
There is a further update though. A further call to the doctors was accepted this morning. Unfortunately they couldn't find the person who initially made the call out from the doctors last week. "Hold and I will transfer you to someone who can help"
The transferred call was ringing for over 10 mins (I think I would have given up by now!) but the person answering wasn't able to help and wanted to transfer to her supervisor.
Fortunately this call was answered and after talking to x3 people, second booking was finalised for Friday 4th.
Re: Covid jabs when the system says No!
Posted: June 6th, 2021, 11:22 am
by Gerry557
To finish the tale, jab was successfully carried out last Friday. No reactions or blood clots.
All the other booked jabs now cancelled, so system is now caught up and now says Yes!
Re: Covid jabs when the system says No!
Posted: June 28th, 2021, 8:30 pm
by GrahamPlatt
Gerry557 wrote:Turns up at appointment but they only have Pfizer not a second AZ. Told to rebook via 119.
stevensfo wrote:GrahamPlatt wrote:“Turns up at appointment but they only have Pfizer not a second AZ. Told to rebook via 119”...
Why didn’t she just go ahead and have the Pfizer at that point?
They both produce antibodies, albeit in a different way, but I don't think that they're exactly the same antibodies. This depends on the exact sequence and length of DNA that each uses. So she'd still have to have a 2nd booster shot for one of them.
However, I reckon it wouldn't be a bad idea to have both, together with at least one 2nd jab. Maybe confer a bit more immunity?
Steve
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... eeks-study
Re: Covid jabs when the system says No!
Posted: June 29th, 2021, 7:24 am
by Gerry557
Maybe "Mr and Mrs Smith" can just turn up and pretend it's a first jab
