Walk in booster shots

[Deleted User]

Anyone seen or tried getting a walk in booster shot?

Can I just go to my local walk in vaccination centre and get one, or is there still an age limit? How do they decide what vaccine to give you?

elsien

There are eligibility criteria.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/coronavirus-booster-vaccine/

2childmum2

We have a list of walk in centres near us - most are only offering 1 and 2 dose, but a couple state they are offering boosters if you had your last shot 182 days before.  Maybe see if there is a similar list near you (ours is accessed via our local borough website) or maybe give the centre a quick ring

[Deleted User]

Ah, so I won't be eligible until next year then, after the xmas wave.

MACKEM99

I keep hearing that people who are at the 5 month point should get the booster, but cant book?  Is that correct?

sheramber

MACKEM99 said:

I keep hearing that people who are at the 5 month point should get the booster, but cant book?  Is that correct?

You hear wrong. It is after 6 months.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/coronavirus-booster-vaccine/

MACKEM99

Ok so you cannot book until 6 months and 1 day then have to wait till your appointment - which could be at say the 7 month point?

smo59

MACKEM99 said:

Ok so you cannot book until 6 months and 1 day then have to wait till your appointment - which could be at say the 7 month point?

I saw a news article at the weekend that the booking system would be changed so that you could book 5 months after the 2nd jab but only for a date after the 6-month time period.

The idea was to combat the exact problem that you describe. However, it was a single news article from a single newspaper and I've not seen anything anywhere else to support that this is actually going to happen.

I might have a look again to see if I can find the article.

JJ_Egan

Certainly unable to book yesterday when 5 days short of six months .

Thrugelmir

Given the number of people requiring a booster. There has to be a system in place at the outset until the majority receive theirs. Many NHS workers are well beyond 6 months. 

bargainbetty

If you fit the eligibility criteria you can attend a walk-in centre no less than 182 days from the date of your second jab. Unless you have a letter from your GP or the NHS indicating that you are cleared for an earlier booster, you won't get one before that. 

You are also unlikely to get one if you do not qualify. Once the targeted cohorts are done, there is a chance that boosters MIGHT be rolled out in general population, but there is no guarantee as yet.