On Mon, 17 May 2021 07:08:07 +0100, alan_m
wrote:

On 16/05/2021 22:32, T i m wrote:

Now, I'm not sure if I should phone and cancel the appointment I have
for Friday or will that have already been done, as it's obvious they
had access to some sort of 'system' that had my details etc?

My surgery wanted a phone call if the appointment was to be missed.

Sure, but I won't be missing my jab or appointment, I've just already
had it and elsewhere?

If (for example) they (a High Street chemist vaccination centre)
print off a sheet of all the appointments to be serviced that morning
directly from a national / NHS database, my appointment shouldn't be
on there?

A
separate phone line (press 5 for....) has been set up for covid
appointments.

I did think about phoning them but if not necessary (see above), all
that will do is take someone away from doing something more
productive?

Even if they don't have such information (it was this Friday) and
given it seems that they are allowing some flexibility now on 2nd and
even 1st jabs (from what they were asking me, 'Is this your first jab
....') the chances neither my slot nor my jab will be wasted.

It was more about trying to do the right / best thing.


My second jab, house to house, took 13 minutes and that included
stopping off at the local take-away for fish and chips

When we were eating fish our local place (excuse the pun) used to cook
it fresh and that seemed to take quite a while.

Cheers, T i m