[Misc] Any one else having difficulty ....

Westdene Seagull · Nov 12, 2021

... getting a second Moderna Covid jab ?

Ask because the NHS and doctors have been useless for Mrs WS.

She's due a second jab and when trying to book it comes up as no local places available .... please try again later. Trying every day for three weeks but still no availability. Phones 119 to ask why and apparently you have to have the same second jab as your first but they have no idea why she can't book it. They'll get back to her in 5 days. No call back so Mrs WS phones again to be told she'll need to go to Birmingham or Sheffield to get it or phone her doctor. So she phones a chemist in Bevendean that was doing it to be told they they have stopped using it and even pops into Churchill Square drop in clinic to be told they will no longer do it. Phones her doctor to be told that she should phone 119.

Yet the government and NHS want us all double jabbed !!!!!

Need to be double jabbed to get to France this New Year.

Goldstone1976 · Nov 12, 2021

Any option to start again with AZ? Have 2 of them? Just a punt based on zero knowledge.

Cowfold Seagull · Nov 12, 2021

Goldstone1976 said:
Any option to start again with AZ? Have 2 of them? Just a punt based on zero knowledge.

Sounds like a logical suggestion. Or two doses of Pfizer of course. (They make very good vaccines these Germans). :wink:

Rinkmaster · Nov 12, 2021

We are having the same trouble getting a booster jab. Nothing local. We do not run a car so must rely on public transport from newhaven.

Brok · Nov 12, 2021

Rinkmaster said:
We are having the same trouble getting a booster jab. Nothing local. We do not run a car so must rely on public transport from newhaven.

I think you have to wait to be notified. 6 months after 2nd jab?

Commander · Nov 12, 2021

I thought all the booster jabs were Pfizer?

dazzer6666 · Nov 12, 2021

Brok said:
I think you have to wait to be notified. 6 months after 2nd jab?

That’s my understanding - once you get the text notification from your surgery you can book in to any clinic (or walk in without booking). If you try to book online earlier (ie booking before your 6 months are up even if the actual jab date is after that) the options will be much fewer.

dazzer6666 · Nov 12, 2021

Commander said:
I thought all the booster jabs were Pfizer?

That’s what I’ve been told by more than one person working at a jabbing centre - however the OP was asking about a second jab, not a booster.

Cowfold Seagull · Nov 12, 2021

Brok said:
I think you have to wait to be notified. 6 months after 2nd jab?

Down to five months now apparantly.

Harry Wilson's tackle · Nov 12, 2021

Brok said:
I think you have to wait to be notified. 6 months after 2nd jab?

I got my booster (Pfizer, not AZ like my first 2) by asking at my GP surgery. Yet my pal who is 10 years older was fobbed off 2 weeks later. All a bit of a mess. Surprised adults still haven't been invited for third jab let alone second.....

ps best wishes OP :thumbsup:

Cowfold Seagull · Nov 12, 2021

Commander said:
I thought all the booster jabs were Pfizer?

Nope Astra Zeneca too l believe, although l was told by the doctor today when l had my booster, that Pfizer is preferred for the booster as it is more effective.

Iron Butterfly · Nov 12, 2021

The booster jab has to be 6 months plus one week after the second jab, but you can make the booking 5 months after the second jab.

Brok · Nov 12, 2021

If it's any consolation, I honestly did not even feel the booster jab..

sparkie · Nov 12, 2021

Iron Butterfly said:
The booster jab has to be 6 months plus one week after the second jab, but you can make the booking 5 months after the second jab.

Forget the 1 week. I've booked my booster for 6 months to the day after jab 2.

Coalburner · Nov 12, 2021

All well and good putting out info about your booster jabs, but the OP wants to know how to get the SECOND jab for his wife. Any one care to answer that.

amexer · Nov 12, 2021

Westdene Seagull said:
... getting a second Moderna Covid jab ?

Ask because the NHS and doctors have been useless for Mrs WS.

She's due a second jab and when trying to book it comes up as no local places available .... please try again later. Trying every day for three weeks but still no availability. Phones 119 to ask why and apparently you have to have the same second jab as your first but they have no idea why she can't book it. They'll get back to her in 5 days. No call back so Mrs WS phones again to be told she'll need to go to Birmingham or Sheffield to get it or phone her doctor. So she phones a chemist in Bevendean that was doing it to be told they they have stopped using it and even pops into Churchill Square drop in clinic to be told they will no longer do it. Phones her doctor to be told that she should phone 119.

Yet the government and NHS want us all double jabbed !!!!!

Need to be double jabbed to get to France this New Year.

First person I have heard of that cant get a jab when due

Cowfold Seagull · Nov 12, 2021

Coalburner said:
All well and good putting out info about your booster jabs, but the OP wants to know how to get the SECOND jab for his wife. Any one care to answer that.

Well a couple of people kinda did at the beginning of the thread, me being one of them. But as usual the thread has been hijacked!

monty uk · Nov 12, 2021

This works: Brighton Racecourse Covid booking line on 0300 303 8060.

vegster · Nov 12, 2021

Westdene Seagull said:
... getting a second Moderna Covid jab ?

Ask because the NHS and doctors have been useless for Mrs WS.

She's due a second jab and when trying to book it comes up as no local places available .... please try again later. Trying every day for three weeks but still no availability. Phones 119 to ask why and apparently you have to have the same second jab as your first but they have no idea why she can't book it. They'll get back to her in 5 days. No call back so Mrs WS phones again to be told she'll need to go to Birmingham or Sheffield to get it or phone her doctor. So she phones a chemist in Bevendean that was doing it to be told they they have stopped using it and even pops into Churchill Square drop in clinic to be told they will no longer do it. Phones her doctor to be told that she should phone 119.

Yet the government and NHS want us all double jabbed !!!!!

Need to be double jabbed to get to France this New Year.

Did she receive notification she was due her second jab by text from her surgery ? the text I received from my surgery for my booster gives a link to booking online which I did not notice when i first viewed it. I made the mistake of tapping in to Google " Booking a Covid Booster jab " and ended up at a government web site where, after filling in some details was told to go to Brighton, Chichester or Crawley.... I tried " Walk in " jabs and got Woking, Coulsden and Portsmouth ! I live in Worthing !

Using the link I found in my original text message got me linked to the Charmandean Centre in Worthing and so now, i'm going to get my booster in about 10 days time.

Cowfold Seagull · Nov 12, 2021

sparkie said:
Forget the 1 week. I've booked my booster for 6 months to the day after jab 2.

Yep, had my booster today, 6 months to the day after my 2nd jab on 12th May.

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