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Flu jab cost to NHS

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  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    All I know is that our health centre does the jabs very efficiently.


    For the past couple of years, I've parked up and the same song has still been playing on the radio when I've returned, it's that quick!
  • Savvy_Sue
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    Davesnave wrote: »
    All I know is that our health centre does the jabs very efficiently.


    For the past couple of years, I've parked up and the same song has still been playing on the radio when I've returned, it's that quick!
    :rotfl: Our surgery is quite efficient, but not quite that good.

    They take over the local church hall and we all sit and wait for a jabber to be free. They jab, and then we are asked to wait nicely for 10 minutes in case we are going to fall over.

    However, we don't have to wait in the hall, because the church is open and serving tea, coffee and cake, which is a far nicer place to wait, and close enough if we fall over.
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  • Loanranger
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    GPs are self employed and so the money is not going back into the NHS. They run their surgeries as businesses.
    I go to Lloyds for mine, no waiting around and parking is not so difficult as it is at the GP surgery.
  • Indout96
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    eamon wrote: »
    Getting the flu jab for free at your GP is one the easiest wins that the NHS does, everybody gains.


    Our doctors runs a drop in surgery for Flue Jabs. between 1-3 pm mid week
    My chemist (Asda) does them 7 days a week at all opening hours.
    So I lose a days pay (or holiday if any left at this stage of the year) or go to the chemist.
    Why the doctors cannot do an evening or Saturday morning session for those in work is beyond me.
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  • Davesnave
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    Indout96 wrote: »
    Why the doctors cannot do an evening or Saturday morning session for those in work is beyond me.
    All our mass vaccinations here are on Saturdays. I'm off to get my shingles one in an hour, but that's been re-scheduled to suit the nurse, not me!
  • Just remember that if you get your flu jab at the Pharmacy, you free up up the doctor to do another consultation!
  • savemoney
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    Dont normally require a doctor for a jab all years I been its a nurse takes all of 5 minutes tops when I go a long line of people go in and out
  • Nick_C
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    When I was involved in getting staff immunised at work a few years ago, a private company did the job cheaper than the local Health Trust. Which probably tells you all you need to know about the lack of efficiency in the NHS.
  • calleyw
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    Indout96 wrote: »
    Why the doctors cannot do an evening or Saturday morning session for those in work is beyond me.

    They do at my local dr's. But its a scrum and I wont allow the person I care for to be subjected to the cattle market that it is. No where to park and waiting around with loads of other people. No where to sit. Don't mind for myself but they are disabled. And it causes him too much stress.

    So he books his own appointment to go and see the nurse. At a time that is convenient to him.

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    jamesd wrote: »
    Ask. My local Boots told me that their national policy for under-65s is QIVe unless someone has an egg allergy, when they will use QIVc.

    I am over 65 and got my jab by the nurse at GPs.

    I was asked if I was allergic to eggs - no.

    It would seem I was given the less effective(?) QIVe :(
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