Vaccine queue jumping
Discussion
Bloomin' disgraceful behaviour, should be sacking people for this sort of thing.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55783042
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55783042
gazza285 said:
Another vague article, has anyone actually received an appointment, and if so, received the vaccine?
My partner has had her first jab and has the second booked in. She is under 30, a BMI under 25, zero other health problems and does triathlons for fun. She works in a hospital as a pharmacist specializing in neonatal stuff. I'm not overly sure she really needs it tbh. She is about the lowest risk person going. Interestingly more than one person in the hospital she works who has had the jabs still got covid and passed it on. I know they are not 100%... But if you can still pass the virus on I'm not sure why they are giving the jab to perfectly healthy young people just because they work in a hospital.
milkround said:
My partner has had her first jab and has the second booked in. She is under 30, a BMI under 25, zero other health problems and does triathlons for fun. She works in a hospital as a pharmacist specializing in neonatal stuff. I'm not overly sure she really needs it tbh. She is about the lowest risk person going.
Interestingly more than one person in the hospital she works who has had the jabs still got covid and passed it on. I know they are not 100%... But if you can still pass the virus on I'm not sure why they are giving the jab to perfectly healthy young people just because they work in a hospital.
Presumably because it can affect some younger people. Interestingly more than one person in the hospital she works who has had the jabs still got covid and passed it on. I know they are not 100%... But if you can still pass the virus on I'm not sure why they are giving the jab to perfectly healthy young people just because they work in a hospital.
It’s not mandatory is it for NHS staff ?
gazza285 said:
Another vague article, has anyone actually received an appointment, and if so, received the vaccine?
I received a text last week with a link to the SwiftQueue website where I made an appointment for noon on Saturday with a follow up for the second jab on April 21st.The problem is that the link was the same for everyone and within a very short time was being shared and appeared on social media resulting in people who hadn't been sent it officially trying to use it. The problem was soon recognised and additional checks put in place at the venue - I know some of the volunteers who were there.
As it happened, on Friday I spent the day volunteering at a covid clinic at one of my GP's surgeries so had the jab (Oxford AstraZenica) there instead and cancelled the original appointment.
I know someone who has had the jab (young guy) and his wife too all because he is a supplier to the NHS.
Days spent on NHS sites by him in the last 10 years = zero.
I guess its just cheaper to blanket jab everyone involved with the NHS rather than actually use some kind of system as its just a case of a few people getting it sooner I guess? <shrugs>
Days spent on NHS sites by him in the last 10 years = zero.
I guess its just cheaper to blanket jab everyone involved with the NHS rather than actually use some kind of system as its just a case of a few people getting it sooner I guess? <shrugs>
milkround said:
gazza285 said:
Another vague article, has anyone actually received an appointment, and if so, received the vaccine?
My partner has had her first jab and has the second booked in. She is under 30, a BMI under 25, zero other health problems and does triathlons for fun. She works in a hospital as a pharmacist specializing in neonatal stuff. I'm not overly sure she really needs it tbh. She is about the lowest risk person going. Interestingly more than one person in the hospital she works who has had the jabs still got covid and passed it on. I know they are not 100%... But if you can still pass the virus on I'm not sure why they are giving the jab to perfectly healthy young people just because they work in a hospital.
Sounds like their system is a bit leaky
HR (god help us) took charge of contacting NHS frontline staff and we got a text telling when/where the appointment is. Pretty efficient and no suggestion of people gaming system.
For Pfizer Biotech particularly, staff in less frontline roles or other contacts might have been asked in if a batch needed using up rather than going to waste.
HR (god help us) took charge of contacting NHS frontline staff and we got a text telling when/where the appointment is. Pretty efficient and no suggestion of people gaming system.
For Pfizer Biotech particularly, staff in less frontline roles or other contacts might have been asked in if a batch needed using up rather than going to waste.
red_slr said:
I know someone who has had the jab (young guy) and his wife too all because he is a supplier to the NHS.
Days spent on NHS sites by him in the last 10 years = zero.
I guess its just cheaper to blanket jab everyone involved with the NHS rather than actually use some kind of system as its just a case of a few people getting it sooner I guess? <shrugs>
I think there's also an unofficial list of people they ring near the end of the day to see if people can get in for a vaccine if there are people who didn't turn up for their appointments - that happened to a friend of mine (mid 30s, healthy) who is a pharmacist and a friend of a friend who is a nurse but not on the wards. They got phonecalls late afternoon to see if they could come in and have a jab.Days spent on NHS sites by him in the last 10 years = zero.
I guess its just cheaper to blanket jab everyone involved with the NHS rather than actually use some kind of system as its just a case of a few people getting it sooner I guess? <shrugs>
037 said:
Family and friends have been contacted by hospital staff to make up numbers for the ‘noshows’ to save the hospital wasting any vaccine. Had to be able to present themselves within 30 mins .
I have a number of colleagues who have been contacted by GP surgery and been offered a jab because they are going spare due to no shows in the same circumstances, I work in emergency services though and there is an agreement in place. Most of the people I work with are fit people, certainly under 50. It is better to vaccinate someone rather than throw the stuff away as it can't be stored any longer
Jamescrs said:
037 said:
Family and friends have been contacted by hospital staff to make up numbers for the ‘noshows’ to save the hospital wasting any vaccine. Had to be able to present themselves within 30 mins .
I have a number of colleagues who have been contacted by GP surgery and been offered a jab because they are going spare due to no shows in the same circumstances, I work in emergency services though and there is an agreement in place. Most of the people I work with are fit people, certainly under 50. It is better to vaccinate someone rather than throw the stuff away as it can't be stored any longer
poo at Paul's said:
Apparently some nhs centres have a “friends and family” list they can call on to use up vaccine.
Good idea in principle but why not open it to all who want to commit to it? Especially if this is going to be a long term issue.
Probably because you'll have the same issues with no-shows if you open it all and sundry.Good idea in principle but why not open it to all who want to commit to it? Especially if this is going to be a long term issue.
Friends and family of NHS staff should, hopefully, be more reliable then the the general population.
boyse7en said:
poo at Paul's said:
Apparently some nhs centres have a “friends and family” list they can call on to use up vaccine.
Good idea in principle but why not open it to all who want to commit to it? Especially if this is going to be a long term issue.
Probably because you'll have the same issues with no-shows if you open it all and sundry.Good idea in principle but why not open it to all who want to commit to it? Especially if this is going to be a long term issue.
Friends and family of NHS staff should, hopefully, be more reliable then the the general population.
Once out of the freezer it can't go back in.
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