On 06/02/2021 11:21, Tim Streater wrote:
On 06 Feb 2021 at 11:16:46 GMT, alan_m wrote:

On 30/01/2021 18:53, John Rumm wrote:


That does seem rather excessive - I can imagine a good number of 80+
year olds would have trouble standing about in the cold for that amount
of time!

But isn't the advice not to turn up to early? That's the whole point of
the appointment times. However, if you are used to the NHS hospital way
of assigning appointments in normal times you may come to have come to
the conclusion that everyone has been given the same appointment time
and it's fist come first served.

Not quite. When I arrived mine was for 17.20; I was about 10-15 minutes early,
for reasons already discussed. And the chap right behind me was for 18.00.
When I booked I was offered slots at five-minute intervals. I think the point
is that while people *try* to arrive on time, there will be a spread. By
spreading out the appt times they try to create an even flow of arrivals.



I've just had to queue
I wasn't expecting a jab before March but just before 10am this morning
I received a text asking if I could attend for a jab this morning. After
a couple of text exchanges I had an appointment at 12:30.

I got there with 5 minutes to spare, at a large Freemason hall 5 miles
from my home. 10 minutes queuing outside in the cold, 10 minutes of
queuing inside in a line to take my details and give me my card for next
time. They also took some of my details from my local practice (NHS
number etc.) and copied them to the "National NHS database". Another
queue for 5 minutes standing, followed by another rotational seating
queue and then the jab. Out within 35 minutes but advised to sit in the
car in the car park for 15 minutes. There were two marshals in the car
park.

When I came out no queuing and only a few cars turned up while I was
waiting to drive off. Maybe a lunch break for the staff?

In fairness to the operation it was mentioned that some/all local
vaccination halls are going to be closed tomorrow because of the
expected adverse weather conditions and many people had been contacted
to rearrange their appointments for today. Currently it is 8C and just a
little damp here.

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