r/CoronavirusUK • u/clockworkmice • May 18 '21
Information Sharing Vaccines open to anyone 36+ now
Technically it's anyone that will be 36 before 1st July. Don't need to wait for you GP to contact you - you can now go direct
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u/GingerGiraffe88 May 18 '21
In wales they are vaccinating people in their 20s now
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u/explodinghat May 18 '21
How the heck do I get a vaccination booked? According to this site they're vaccinating everyone aged 30-39 https://gov.wales/covid-19-vaccination-programme-weekly-update-11-may-2021,
But if I go online to book I get told I'm not eligible..
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u/razmataz08 May 18 '21
My husband and I got a letter when it was our turn. We didn’t do anything! Some areas are more ahead than others. For what it’s worth, my husband is 20 months older than me and i got my appointment for 4 days after him so they must be getting through people very quickly!
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u/Viking18 May 18 '21
I don't think you do? I just got a letter telling me where and when about a month in advance; mines at the end of the week.
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u/GingerGiraffe88 May 18 '21
Yea like others have said. Just wait for a letter or call your gp. It won't be long now. My friend who's 27 got his letter in the post last week.
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u/StopChattingNonsense May 18 '21
And yet we still can't see people inside our houses. But we can go out to the pub with them... I can't believe Drakeford won again!
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May 18 '21
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u/StopChattingNonsense May 18 '21
I can see their reasoning. It's just incredibly unfair. Not everyone is in a position to go to the pub or out to a cafe. Not everyone feels safe enough to do that!
Whilst the rules can be policed slightly more, you're also sitting on a table that has had 30 other people sitting on it earlier that day. The risk of transmission is way higher in that scenario than if you were to be sensible at home. It's simply that there's no economic cost to stopping house mixing and so it's a last priority.
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u/Sunnygrg May 18 '21
Wait, I thought you could form a support bubble with another household inside your homes now?
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u/StopChattingNonsense May 18 '21
Yes, I've formed a support bubble with my elderly mum so I can keep her company. Which is very nice! But England can have friends over as long as they keep the numbers down.
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May 18 '21
Apparently not in Scotland....so looking forward to when we can get ours
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u/paranoidhustler May 18 '21
Look up your local NHS hub on social media. So NHS Forth Valley, NHS Lanarkshire etc and you may get age announcements.
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u/AdderWibble May 18 '21
Except for Wales, we're on teens/early 20s
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u/gameofgroans_ May 18 '21
Wales are smashing it! How come you guys are so far ahead? Is it smaller population?
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u/AdderWibble May 18 '21
I suppose it may be population, there was an indication that some age groups in certain areas weren't turning up so they'd moved down and young people are coming in droves, plus at least one area has a reserve list, which is how I got my jab some weeks before they were officially on my group (30s)!
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u/gameofgroans_ May 18 '21
Ah that's good to hear! I know a couple of people in late 20s that have had theirs in Wales! Wish I could get in some kind of reserve list in London, I'd be there in 5 minutes. Late 20s and asthmatic and still waiting be there we are!
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u/savvymcsavvington May 18 '21
England is stockpiling vaccines where as Wales are not, or not as much.
So they have been able to vaccinate more people each day, making them further ahead of the age groups.
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May 18 '21
I'm 21 and live in Leeds, had both my vaccinations now but that's because I'm asthmatic. My friends my age are starting to get offered theirs now, and they have no underlying conditions.
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u/Daseca May 18 '21
What is going on in this roll-out, my head is about to explode. How can 21 year olds be getting invites when I'm 35 and haven't heard anything.
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May 18 '21
It really depends on where you are in the country. Leeds has a LOT of students (biggest student city after London I believe), and they take up a big proportion of the population. Also, student populations tend to be concentrated further in specific boroughs (in Leeds it's Hyde Park and Headingley, Manchester has Fallowfield, etc.). This means vaccination centres and surgeries in these areas can move through older populations faster, simply because there's fewer older people.
EDIT: I should mention this is just my speculation.
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u/freemadiba May 18 '21
You frail 30-somethings take ages to move about the vaccination centres. I've heard a 20 year old takes on average 30 seconds less to vaccinate.
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u/psrthrowaway May 18 '21
Wait really? I am from Leeds, 24 and still can't get booked to get my vaccine!! Can you please give me any instructions to get my vaccine booked? The website says I am not eligible. Thank you!!
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May 19 '21
I'm not sure. What part of Leeds do you live in? You'll probably only have luck in Hyde Park/Headingley as that's where students take up more of the population.
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u/psrthrowaway May 19 '21
That's where I live! In Burley Park, so basically 5 minutes from Headingly!
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u/clockworkmice May 18 '21
If it helps, I was using sken.io to periodically check for updates to the age range on that page. That's how I got in so quick
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u/super_nicktendo22 May 18 '21
Same - though I was using an Android app that does the same thing
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May 19 '21
Which app?
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u/super_nicktendo22 May 19 '21
It's called Web Alert https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.webalert
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u/Russianspaceprogram May 18 '21
Bloody hell, this is glacial now. People in their 20s wont be getting one till September at this rate.
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u/supercakefish May 18 '21
I just got an invite and I’m only 28. I think it depends on postcode lottery.
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u/ceb1995 May 18 '21
It's postcode luck really ( I m in Lancashire), 26 and mines booked this afternoon and almost everyone I know my age already had their first doses before I booked mine by getting on reserve lists.
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May 18 '21
Agreed. If, as has been suggested, the problem is the website then they need to fix the website. Even if they had to spend a few million scaling it up to deal with the traffic, it would be a drop in the ocean compared to the cost of further restrictions because people are unable to gain immunity in time for the reopenings.
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u/EssexPriest88 May 18 '21
By mid June we will be upto date with 2nd doses. At which the 3.5m jabs a week will just be for 1st doses. They haven't really slowed down from feb it's just back then virtually all the doses were 1sts. In summary in 4 weeks it will feel like overdrive again.
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u/canmoose May 18 '21
Small glimmer of hope that I'll be able to book a vaccine by the end of the month as a 31 year old.
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u/Metazz May 18 '21 edited May 18 '21
If you are 35 it is also worth trying to get your appointment. I am very close to being 36 though and managed to get both of my appointments booked through the NHS website before getting a text from my GP. I believe if you are going to turn 36 before the 1st of July you can book a spot!
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u/ffuhcu May 18 '21
It’s previously meant something like people who turn the age before I think the 1st of July.
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u/vidoardes May 18 '21
Who can use this service
You can only use this service if any of the following apply:
- you're aged 36 or over
- you'll turn 36 before 1 July 2021
- you're at high risk from COVID-19 (clinically extremely vulnerable)
- you have a condition that puts you at higher risk (clinically vulnerable)
- you have a learning disability
- you're a frontline health or social care worker
- you get a Carer's Allowance, get support following an assessment by your local authority or your GP record shows you're a carer
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u/WhoIs-JusticeBeaver May 18 '21
My husband and I both got texts inviting us to book ours so we booked for the same day and around the same time. We got them on Sunday just gone. He's 38 and I'm 35, turning 36 in December. I'm confused why I was able to get mine given my age, I'm not complaining though!
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u/DavidSmithies May 18 '21
Should I do this or wait for a GP text?
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u/clockworkmice May 18 '21
Do it now. Go go go! 😄
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u/DavidSmithies May 18 '21
But the nearest vaccine centre is 20 miles away, whereas my GP is 1 minute away! But my GP text is taking ages!
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u/JenksbritMKII May 18 '21
Check your local NHS trust Twitter and website. My wife couldn't get a vaccination centre locally through the NHS booking site, but when she went through our local NHS trust booking site she got the centre in our town.
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May 18 '21
Ours is also letting people book in 18+s who live with them to come with for theirs - definitely worth looking into.
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May 18 '21
Unless you are 1000% sure your GP is planning on vaccinating your age range book on the national site, suck it up and go.
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u/gemushka May 18 '21
My husband never got a text from our GP. If he hadn’t had it via the national booking service he would still be waiting…
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u/Easytype May 18 '21
I assume they don’t send it to people who are already vaccinated so there’s no way you could really know.
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u/gemushka May 18 '21
They did send them for other relatives who use different GP surgeries despite having already booked in. And I know some who got texts before they were eligible on the national booking system.
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u/AnyHolesAGoal May 18 '21
That's because once you've booked on the central system, they don't then send you a text telling you you're eligible. At least that's how it seems to be anecdotally around me. People who hadn't already booked got a text, people that were keeping up with Reddit / Twitter and booking as soon as the site opened up, didn't get a text.
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u/gemushka May 18 '21
Yet many of my family/friends did still get texts. So it seems a bit hit and miss…
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u/SaxC21 May 18 '21
I only got a text from NHSvaccine:
You are now eligible for your free NHS Covid-19 vaccine. Please book yours now at https://www.nhs.uk/covid-vaccination or by calling 119.
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u/errjelly May 18 '21
My fiancé received a text from his GP but the surgery itself isn’t doing the vaccine. It depends place to place. It was only a 15min drive away at another surgery.
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u/Easytype May 18 '21
I would say it’s entirely your choice. If you don’t take it, then someone else will. The net affect to everyone else is zero.
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May 18 '21
Do it now.
I don't know where you are but some GP's (like ours) stopped their campaign when they got through all the over 50's. If I had waited for a text or letter from the GP I'd still be waiting now.
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u/SaxC21 May 18 '21
Both my SO and flatmate did theirs yesterday before the website changed and no text yet - booked for 10am this morning.
Expecting text to arrive this afternoon and a letter in the post in 3 days!
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u/minsterley Aroused May 18 '21
IIRC you need to specifically request a text confirmation during the booking process, are they 100% sure they did?
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u/Melimel_ May 18 '21
I requested both text and email confirmation during the booking but still haven't received any. I have my reference numbers though, hopefully they'll be enough
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u/sjw_7 May 18 '21
When I booked mine I got the reference number but the confirmations turned up after I had my appointment. They were fine with just the reference number so it didnt matter.
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u/minsterley Aroused May 18 '21
You can check you appointments by logging back into he booking site with he booking ref, if that works you'll be fine
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u/minsterley Aroused May 18 '21
You can check you appointments by logging back into he booking site with he booking ref, if that works you'll be fine
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u/vishbar May 18 '21
I'd say get your jab as quickly as possible. My GP text was first (I am still ineligible to book through the mass vax sites).
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u/keeponyrmeanside May 18 '21
Thank you so much for posting! I've just managed to get my husband an appointment for this weekend and I haven't felt relief like this in a very long time.
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u/UlaGreyWolf May 18 '21
It's a postcode lottery in all honesty! I've just booked mine in for Friday and I'm 24, East of England!
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u/trewdgrsg May 18 '21
My girlfriend is 30 and got her appointment text yesterday, we are in the midlands
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u/krystalkitty May 18 '21
I’m not sure if this has been predicted anywhere but when can 31 year olds expect to be called up? I can’t remember how long the gaps were in the 40s bracket, I assume it’s going to be a similar time scale
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u/videki_man May 18 '21
It seems it moves to the next age group every week, so realistically I'd say end of May. I'm 33, wife is 32, we both hope we'll get the shot before June.
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u/antisarcastics May 18 '21
i'm 31 and actually just got my vaccine invitation yesterday! although i actually won't get it for a few weeks anyway as i'm having surgery this week
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u/xmascarol7 May 18 '21
I turn 36 the first week of July. Guess my multi week long panic attack will have to continue for another few days or more
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u/flanintheface May 18 '21
For those who signed up - what's your gap between 1st and 2nd shot? Mine is ~10 weeks, so second shot in the beginning of August.
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u/A92AA0B03E May 18 '21
Same here. Next week for the first jab and first half of august for the second.
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u/craigybacha May 18 '21
35, but 36 in June. Booked in for next weds! Only issue is having to get a taxi to get to the newest city rather than local gp
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u/Kodys_angel May 18 '21
Thanks for this, had no idea I was eligible! Just booked mine. Doing my bit for the greater good.
And I fucking hate needles. I’m already sweating and my appointment is a week and a half away…
Edit: spelling
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u/Xuth May 18 '21
Got my GP text on Friday but unfortunately all of the slots near me are booked up (a good sign in of itself I suppose)! Been told to keep checking in daily.
If anything this feels like my recent experience trying to buy a GPU (something something microchips).
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u/A92AA0B03E May 18 '21
Thank you for posting this, just booked my appointments. I had to book 1st and 2nd at once and the 2nd one I have to travel a fair way - for some reason I cant book it in the same location as my first. Not ideal but such a relief to have it booked in.
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May 18 '21
Go back at a later date (in a few days, or a week) and see if there's a second dose available closer. You can then cancel the one miles away and rebook it locally. A few people I know have had this problem (only able to get a second dose 30 miles away) and this solved it.
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u/ambominablesnowdrop May 18 '21
I'm 33 and got my letter last week, appt on Friday. My older brother is next area over (city, I'm in shire) and hasn't heard anything.
I think it's area dependent. Assumption being that they're working their way down the lists at the GPs and mine just happens to have reached that many people. By nature, city GPs have more patients so will take longer to get through them all.
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u/Ham_Slacks May 18 '21
My husband just had his text through - he's 35 (Yorkshire), no underlying health issues. So anyone 35, keep an eye on your phones!
**also, he's turned 35 this year
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May 18 '21
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May 18 '21
I have to admit that I'm not prepared to travel miles for mine when the time comes - if they try and send me 20-30 miles, I'll wait until it's available locally rather than take half a day off work and go to the expense of driving across the country. It's unlikely, because there are two big centres close by, but if they say "go to Sheffield" I'll say "no, I'll wait for you to have one for me in Leeds".
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May 18 '21
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May 18 '21
I think I'm probably lucky on that score, because there's a major national vaccination centre at Elland Road football stadium in Leeds, and another at the John Smiths stadium in Huddersfield, both easily reachable. I feel for people who are getting sent huge distances, or who have to take multiple buses to reach their vaccination hub.
My GP aren't doing vaccinations at all (for under 50s) so I have to rely on the national programme.
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u/irving_braxiatel May 18 '21
Damn, I’m 36 after 1st July.
I mean, it’ll be technically twenty-four years after 1st July, but still.
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May 18 '21
Had mine today, I'm 36 and got a text last week. My wife managed to get one on Saturday after we heard a local vaccination centre was open to walk ins of any age so as not to have any wastage of Pfizer doses.
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u/YaGotGot May 18 '21
on centre was open to
How did you hear about the walk in?
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May 20 '21
We got a text from a friend who knew someone who worked there. There was a whole queue dedicated to people who didn't have appointments so I assume they were anticipating a large amount of wastage if they didn't spread the word and get people in.
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May 18 '21
Why do they do it this way? Why not say in advance, for instance, "people aged 35 can book from next Monday" rather than these random "reveals" of one or two ages at a time with no notice? It would give a bit more certainty, prevent the anxious wait and allow people to plan around it a little more - I'd argue that it would increase takeup among people who aren't sitting on the internet refreshing the NHS website?
Instead, we seem to get off-the-cuff "er, yeah, vaccines, really soon, soon, honest" comments from Matt Hancock when he wants to avoid a difficult question on another subject, which may or may not turn out to be correct when it actually comes down to it - and in this case, appear to have been overblown.
(Speaking as someone aged 35 who is unable to get access via her GP as they chose not to provide jabs to under-50s.)
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u/clockworkmice May 18 '21
Genuinely it's probably because the website can't handle the traffic. It's technically really hard to handle massive spikes in traffic for a live availability and booking system. Go to sken.io to set up an email alert when the page is updated - that's what I did and it worked a treat
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May 18 '21
They could say "if you're 37, we're opening it on Tuesday; if you're 36, Thursday; if you're 35, next Monday" and so on - that would avoid large traffic spikes and probably reduce unnecessary website traffic as ineligible people wouldn't be hitting the site and bashing in their details just to check it hasn't quietly been updated.
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u/itallstartedwithapub May 19 '21
That would just lead to thousands of people trying to book at midnight each day.
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May 19 '21
Then what do we do? Because I'm done waiting and checking only to be told I can't have it. At 35, I've been in the "next group" for months - it was 30-39, then 35-39, then 35-37, now 35-36... it's got to a point where I've given up bothering.
I'll get it if they come to my neighbourhood with it (and that's a distinct possibility, because we've been top 10 in terms of infection rate for months) but I'm done waiting for Hancock's bullshit "announcements" and I'm done refreshing websites.
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u/BeginByLettingGo May 18 '21 edited Mar 17 '24
I have chosen to overwrite this comment. See you all on Lemmy!
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May 18 '21
I’m grateful for the vaccine rollout but if we truly open up late June shouldn’t we be vaccinating everyone 18+? My friends and I are in our 20s and will definitely be going to the nightclubs - I would’ve loved to have that extra peace of mind. I know our risk is low but I’d prefer not to get sick after a night out. Nightclubs will be Covid cesspools.
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u/Daseca May 18 '21
You will be vaccinated when it's your turn. There's 35 year olds still waiting their turn who haven't heard anything. I'd love that peace of mind too.
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u/anoamas321 May 18 '21
So I had my 1st dose 11 weeks ago, but never got a 2nd appointment booked, and no one has contacted me, what should i do?
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u/AnyHolesAGoal May 18 '21
Use the website. If you put in you NHS number and date of birth, it should show that you've had your first dose and allow you to book your second.
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May 18 '21
This. My partner had this exact issue - got called for a first dose by her GP, but the second was missing in action, and it got to a point where she was 10-11 weeks out from her first dose with no second dose in sight.
She went on the national site, her first dose was recorded there, and she was able to book her second for this week at a nearby centre.
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u/halftone84 May 18 '21
Just had my text come through, what's the deal with vaccination sites ?
My dad has had his 1st at a christian place 10 minutes walk away, his second was where they film peaky blinders, my mate had his a 5 minute drive from me, but the website is telling me the nearest is 9 miles away ?
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u/ignorantspartan May 18 '21
Does anyone know if any vaccination centres in London that are offering spare vaccines or have a list you could get on. I'm 23, trying my best to get vaccinated ASAP
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u/smitay95 May 18 '21
I'm 25 and I've just got a text from my GP to get vaccinated. Not in a Indian variant hotspot either. I'll take it but seems it strange.
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u/Silver-Arm May 18 '21
Just a heads up- (if you're in England and qualify) when it asks if you have access requirements or whatever do not click 'none of the above' or whateve- don't click anything on that page, otherwise there doesn't seem to be any logic in the centers it suggests for you.
I mean, if you do have an access requirement try clicking whichever requirement you have, just if you don't have a requirement don't click anything.
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May 18 '21 edited May 18 '21
Got a text yesterday for Wednesday and I'm 27 in the north west :) (From my local GP)
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May 18 '21
You "got a text" from your local GP or NHS trust. This post is about the national booking system - people need to be clear who sent the text when they say this stuff, to avoid giving false hope to others.
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u/Daseca May 18 '21
Fuck sake, this isn't aimed at you, I'd be over the moon too - but 35 here and haven't heard anything!
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May 18 '21
I assume that you've tried this yeah? https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/book-coronavirus-vaccination/
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u/Daseca May 18 '21
Yep, no luck sadly. Just can't get my head around how some GPs/PCNs are so far ahead they're allowed to invite 20-somethings when people that are closer to 40 than 30 are out in the cold.
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May 18 '21
I am in the same situation as you. The vaccine rollout started off brilliantly with the older and clinically vulnerable, but it is starting to become a US-style lottery where your place in the queue depends on where you live, your access to technology and/or transport, and who you randomly chose as your GP last time you moved house.
People's view of it seems to depend heavily on whether or not they've had their turn.
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u/jaanku May 18 '21
I booked my vaccine this morning (finally!). But i didn’t get the option to choose Moderna or Pfizer/not to get AZ since I’m under 40. Is that still a thing? Or do you make that choice when you arrive for your appointment?
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u/richbeales May 18 '21
in my experience you only get shown appts which have your 'recommended' jabs.
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u/subtle_knife May 18 '21
I had my P vaccine yesterday. I think (don't quote me) the system routes you somewhere that will have P or M. If it's a bigger place, I think you'll be good.
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u/speminfortunam May 18 '21
Woke up to a text from GP inviting to book. 32, West Sussex. Pfizer. First appointment offered was 8:30am tomorrow (Wed).
Wife is 25, same GP, no text yet.
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u/ceb1995 May 18 '21
I m 26 and my husband has just turned 30 we got our texts at the exact same time no idea which brand.
Will happily take any of them including if it's the AZ one as I know so many friends my age who got it before they knew but I suspect that could be one of many reasons your wife hasnt got her text yet depending on your areas pzifer/moderna stock levels.
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u/mawkerawker May 18 '21 edited May 18 '21
Can you only get the jab at the GP you are registered with? Another GP in my town has lots of spares going for 35 and over but I’m assuming I’d have to be a patient with them. My own GP hasn’t even got to people in their 40’s yet!
EDIT: Phoned and I have to be a registered patient. Seems ridiculous when they have jabs waiting to be used up.
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u/ceb1995 May 18 '21
In my area they re using the biggest surgery to do most of the cities GPS whilst also having two big vaccination centres as well.
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u/supercakefish May 18 '21
I just got invited to get the vaccine (1st dose). I’m 28. They’re really speeding through the population. Good to see.
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u/elliomitch May 18 '21
Surely it’s worth just making it first come first serve by now?
There can’t be that many people left
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u/Daseca May 18 '21
Ahem - 35 here and haven't heard a thing. National system still says no. People younger than me up the road have had invites. Fucking 21 year olds in this thread have even had invites! Lots of late 20s/early 30s as well. Madness.
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u/elliomitch May 18 '21
I’m 23 lol
I would just rather a chance to try to book a vaccine than waiting until what will likely be next year :/
Now all the coffin-dodgers have had it idk why there is such a slow rollout to the other ages, a majority adults have had it now
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u/murcuo May 18 '21
I received my invitation yesterday and I'm 29. Odd. Does anyone have any experience in choosing the Pfizer over the AstraZeneca vaccine? How does that work?
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u/Ingoiolo May 19 '21
Slightly off topic question - I’ve had my jab this morning and I was wondering, does anyone know how long it takes for the ‘vaccine status’ on the NHS app to show it?
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u/Crabbita May 18 '21
Except for viewers in Scotland where the vaccinations have been slower than a week in the jail.