Vaccine for children living with vunerable adults

sheramber · 7 September 2021 at 12:39PM

funnymonkey said:

Dymphna60 said:

@funnymonkey did you get a letter about children in your household over 12 being eligible for the vaccine ? My son got one several weeks ago.
As there are no children in the household he didn’t do anything so I cannot say how his gp handled it .

Sadly I didn't. Been to my doctors and they say they're not vaccinating anyone younger than 16 regardless of medical conditions of the parent which I hasten to add that I'm at the same surgery so easy for them to check my records to show I'm immunosuppressed.
What's the point of having government guidelines on the NHS site if doctors totally ignore it.

https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2021/08/C1384-Vaccinating-children-and-young-people-frequently-asked-questions.pdf

9. My PCN grouping is signed up to the COVID-19 vaccination enhanced service for phases 1 and 2 but isn’t able to vaccinate eligible 12-15 year olds. What should we do? Practices forming the PCN grouping must opt-out of delivering COVID-19 vaccinations to eligible children who are aged 12-15 by 23.59 on 13 August in writing to their local CCG so that alternative provision can be secured.
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13.My practice has opted out of vaccinating children aged 12-15 in cohort 13. Why do I need to identify children on my registered list that are in this cohort? All GP practices are required to identify the eligible children on their registered list to ensure they have access to the COVID-19 vaccination before the start of the school year. It is not currently possible to nationally invite eligible children aged 12-15 to book an appointment.

DisablednProud · 8 September 2021 at 11:13AM

it's possible that when supply isn't an issue the option may open to get it done privately, at least this is what I have been told. But it's also possible before that point that guidelines will change.