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Meningitis vaccination
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I expect your daughter misunderstood the receptionist. Uni students are expected to register with a GP in their local area because they are not a resident of the local CCG any longer, their residence from an NHS perspective is that of the local CCG.
Where the Uni is wrong is to ask pupils to get the vaccine from their 'home' GP. I can understand if they wrote this to pupils about to enrol in their first year, so not yet resident of the local area, but once they have started their course, they are not the responsibility of the local CCG and therefore the practice any longer. That of course assuming your daughter has moved away for Uni.
She's still at home, so it's our own G.P. Someone in their building caught meningitis a couple of weeks before the uni broke up for the summer, this is why the uni are advising all students that haven't had the vaccination to get it now, before they return.
Most receptionist ask why you want/need to see the G.P, that's something that does annoy me.0 -
Our surgery wrote to our daughter offering this vaccination to all students 18+MFW 2019#24 £9474.89/£11000 MFW 2018#24 £23025.41/£15000
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We live in the same area, I've seen the info and it is advising getting the vaccination. I'm aware she can get it at other places, I'm just a bit surprised by the receptionists stance.I expect your daughter misunderstood the receptionist. Uni students are expected to register with a GP in their local area because they are not a resident of the local CCG any longer, their residence from an NHS perspective is that of the local CCG.
Where the Uni is wrong is to ask pupils to get the vaccine from their 'home' GP. I can understand if they wrote this to pupils about to enrol in their first year, so not yet resident of the local area, but once they have started their course, they are not the responsibility of the local CCG and therefore the practice any longer. That of course assuming your daughter has moved away for Uni.
You missed this post then, in reponse to me asking whether OP was in a different area to the uni.We live in the same area, I've seen the info and it is advising getting the vaccination. I'm aware she can get it at other places, I'm just a bit surprised by the receptionists stance.Accept your past without regret, handle your present with confidence and face your future without fear0 -
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Could you forward the uni emails to the GP practice and ask them to confirm their position ?
Personally I suspect it's the receptionist that's wrong & as soon as someone else becomes involved then the situation will change.
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Refuse to tell them - "That's a matter for me and the doctor." In all seriousness, that's what I would have done if asked by anyone other than a medical professional.baby_lemonade wrote: »What else could she have done..Proud member of the wokerati, though I don't eat tofu.Home is where my books are.Solar PV 5.2kWp system, SE facing, >1% shading, installed March 2019.Mortgage free July 20230 -
I do similar, i always tell them its an ongoing medical thing.onomatopoeia99 wrote: »Refuse to tell them - "That's a matter for me and the doctor." In all seriousness, that's what I would have done if asked by anyone other than a medical professional.
It's not a lie, as long as im alive any medical thing is ongoing! :rotfl:,Fully paid up member of the ignore button club.If it walks like a Duck, quacks like a Duck, it's a Duck.0 -
Well, she rang the GP surgery this morning, they put her through to the practice nurse, she knew exactly what's been sent to the students, made an appointment, she got the vaccination at 3pm today.
Someone there ought to have a word with the receptionist.0 -
Dont even get me started on GP receptionists, i swear they get put through training to be as obnoxious and unhelpfull as absolutely possible. The good ones these days are few and far between.:(Well, she rang the GP surgery this morning, they put her through to the practice nurse, she knew exactly what's been sent to the students, made an appointment, she got the vaccination at 3pm today.
Someone there ought to have a word with the receptionist.,Fully paid up member of the ignore button club.If it walks like a Duck, quacks like a Duck, it's a Duck.0 -
Well, she rang the GP surgery this morning, they put her through to the practice nurse, she knew exactly what's been sent to the students, made an appointment, she got the vaccination at 3pm today.
Someone there ought to have a word with the receptionist.
Perhaps you could raise this with the Practice Manager as you/your daughter have experienced it yourselves - that way it might actually make a difference, improve the Receptionist's job skills (!) and stop this happening to somebody else.0
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