Bringing your 2nd Covid jab forward - How?
Discussion
I'm in my 40s and had my first AZ jab in April.
My 2nd jab is booked in late July. (Booked at the same time as booking the first)
I keep hearing that due to the risks of the Delta variant, we should bring forward the 2nd jab. Yes please!
On the NHS website, the process seems to be to CANCEL your 2nd jab then then to rebook it. The last thing I would want is to cancel my existing appointment then find the alternatives are even later in August as the slots have been filled with all the 18+ first jabs.
Is there a way to secure the new sooner timeslot before cancelling your existing one?
My 2nd jab is booked in late July. (Booked at the same time as booking the first)
I keep hearing that due to the risks of the Delta variant, we should bring forward the 2nd jab. Yes please!
On the NHS website, the process seems to be to CANCEL your 2nd jab then then to rebook it. The last thing I would want is to cancel my existing appointment then find the alternatives are even later in August as the slots have been filled with all the 18+ first jabs.
Is there a way to secure the new sooner timeslot before cancelling your existing one?
I did this on Friday.
The website is a bit messed up I think because when I put in my details it recognised me and did the whole "cancel and rebook" thing and said the next free date was today which wouldn't be 8 weeks.
So you cancel but then it's initially showing dates you can't have if that makes sense.
Work out when 8 weeks is and try moving forward that far before you hit cancel.
If you call 119 they just use the same website apparently.
The website is a bit messed up I think because when I put in my details it recognised me and did the whole "cancel and rebook" thing and said the next free date was today which wouldn't be 8 weeks.
So you cancel but then it's initially showing dates you can't have if that makes sense.
Work out when 8 weeks is and try moving forward that far before you hit cancel.
If you call 119 they just use the same website apparently.
We tried the GP and we didn't have a good experience.
My Wife rang and after being on hold for about 30 minutes the receptionist took her details including the fact she needs an AZ jab and said she would need to phone my Wife back. About 2 hours later, she got a text with a link to a (non NHS) booking site with an appointment which had been brought forward. Great.
As soon as I saw this outcome, I thought I would do the same. Rang the same GP, on hold 30 mins, reception answered and said they wouldn't have any injection slots before my current date at the end of July (?!). Furthermore, she said they only stock the Pfizer jabs as it's mainly younger people getting the jab now. (My Wife needs an AZ - have they got the right one for her?). Bungles.
Anyway, the NHS booking website was really straight forward and mine is booked in a big vaccination centre so I'm sure they will have a range of jabs in stock (AZ, Pfizer, etc).
My Wife rang and after being on hold for about 30 minutes the receptionist took her details including the fact she needs an AZ jab and said she would need to phone my Wife back. About 2 hours later, she got a text with a link to a (non NHS) booking site with an appointment which had been brought forward. Great.
As soon as I saw this outcome, I thought I would do the same. Rang the same GP, on hold 30 mins, reception answered and said they wouldn't have any injection slots before my current date at the end of July (?!). Furthermore, she said they only stock the Pfizer jabs as it's mainly younger people getting the jab now. (My Wife needs an AZ - have they got the right one for her?). Bungles.
Anyway, the NHS booking website was really straight forward and mine is booked in a big vaccination centre so I'm sure they will have a range of jabs in stock (AZ, Pfizer, etc).
When I was sent the text about booking an earlier jab, I went through the cancel and rebook system online only to find no earlier bookings available and I had now lost my original place. The system did not show the calendar before I got to the cancellation stage.
I called 119 only to find the lady was booking via the same website (not her fault).
In the end I had to book a different (inconvenient) centre and only managed to bring my date forward by 24hours.
It was an unnecessarily frustrating experience and I wish I hadn't bothered trying to rebook at all.
I called 119 only to find the lady was booking via the same website (not her fault).
In the end I had to book a different (inconvenient) centre and only managed to bring my date forward by 24hours.
It was an unnecessarily frustrating experience and I wish I hadn't bothered trying to rebook at all.
I got a text at the weekend informing me that I had cancelled my pre-booked second jab (I hadn’t). Not can’t rebook online for some reason.
I don’t have much patience so not sure I can be arsed to phone my GP. That said, now that we’ve cancelled our summer holiday in Europe I’m not sure it matters. Sure they’ll get to me eventually.
I don’t have much patience so not sure I can be arsed to phone my GP. That said, now that we’ve cancelled our summer holiday in Europe I’m not sure it matters. Sure they’ll get to me eventually.
I’m wary of cancelling my second
Currently does the rebooked second jab have to be the same jab as the first - or whatever they have?
I’m Moderna so need a local second jab - booking first jab the distances they were offering was so far it was crazy (frankly needing to take a whole morning off of work / unable to work due to travelling).
Currently does the rebooked second jab have to be the same jab as the first - or whatever they have?
I’m Moderna so need a local second jab - booking first jab the distances they were offering was so far it was crazy (frankly needing to take a whole morning off of work / unable to work due to travelling).
Douglas Quaid said:
For what it’s worth the 12 week interval makes the vaccine more effective than 8. You’re at extremely low risk in your 40s anyway but you might as well have the optimal version of it so unless there’s a pressing need why don’t you just leave it at 12 weeks?
Do you have a source for this?I've been driven by the fact that one AZ was only ~30% effective against delta. Plus, I have to visit lots of customers across the UK so want the protection of 2 jabs asap.
FreeLitres said:
Douglas Quaid said:
For what it’s worth the 12 week interval makes the vaccine more effective than 8. You’re at extremely low risk in your 40s anyway but you might as well have the optimal version of it so unless there’s a pressing need why don’t you just leave it at 12 weeks?
Do you have a source for this?I've been driven by the fact that one AZ was only ~30% effective against delta. Plus, I have to visit lots of customers across the UK so want the protection of 2 jabs asap.
Was hesitant to cancel the confirmed booking I had. I have to walk past the vacc centre every day, mentioned it to one of the guys on the door and he said come early morning one day next week and we'll get you in. Then the gov opened up another age group and it went back to bookings only. We played the 'have you got room for a little one' routine each morning for 2 weeks and one morning he fwt me straight in as a walk in.
If your local health authority are putting on pop up vacc buses, you may be able to get a 2nd jab there as a walking. Could be worth finding out?
If your local health authority are putting on pop up vacc buses, you may be able to get a 2nd jab there as a walking. Could be worth finding out?
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