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That is what I think, I would only go by what the NHS said, he is over 80 and hasn't been sent for yet.

How does he know it isn’t correct?

A friend of ours sent for a test, did it, sent it off and it came back positive, I think it might not be correct but he felt he should do it that way because Doctors/nhs here aren't helpful at all.

Some people are already being given jabs in their homes - unfortunately it is a scam - (unrepeatable thoughts!!)

https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/18996749.fraudster-injected-surbiton-pensioner-fake-vaccine/

there is o rush im not going anywhere :-(

People in that situation here, Maddie, are being done at home. They might have to wait a bit longer but will all get done.

What will happen where you are presumably depends on your local arrangements.

but what will happen to those who are wheelchair bound or those who do not have the mobility to travel to a jab point
will there be homes visits or will we have to wait til later ?

Maybe that's as the crow flies Ann.

One vaccination venue is only 2 miles from us, but our surgery hub is at a racecourse meaning a 14 mile trip and 2 buses if you don't drive. It is in the most infectious district too.

What bothers me is reports I've heard of people queuing for over an hour to have it as I need knee surgery and can't stand that long. What if it's raining or freezing like today? Has anyone else had to queue?

They have just stated everyone should be able to be vaccinated within 10 miles of their home.

Bob, I also live about 10 mins away and am hoping they haven’t changed the jab point by the time I’m due to get it.
I have a lot of sympathy for those that have awkward places to get to. Our village has a railway station and an infrequent bus. A lot of the general users of our surgery have little or no public transport. The surgery is in a valley and my calf muscles still remember how steep the hill is.

Nameslessone, sounds like the way the surgery we use work, selfishly.

Nameless....
I live 10 minutes away from my jab point, part one appt at 1615

left home1545...arrived 1600, joined the system, and queue. .actually jabbed at 1700....15 minute wait for any reaction...went to atrium to get parking ticket validated..left carpark and arrived home just before 1800....so glad I don't have to faff around with public transport of the type you describe.....
on the down side....got my MOT renewal notification yesterday....and my car tax reminder today....so swings n roundabouts....

I have just read in our local paper that, starting next week, there will be 4 vaccination hubs for this region. Fortunately for us one of them is only a 10 minute walk from our house but if we were still living in our old house in an outlying village the nearest hub would have meant a round trip of 15 miles in an area with very little public transport. I can see some older non-drivers missing their chance of a jab because they can’t get to their allocated centre.

Sorry if I wasn’t clear. I didn’t mean a group of villages that use one surgery. I meant a group of local surgery’s which cover lots of villages.

I’ve just spotted an article in the local paper. Some surgeries in the county have grouped to use a large venue. Some of the villages have 4 buses a day. I think surgeries just assume everyone can get a lift, but as you can’t fill your car with everyone’s grannies it will be very difficult. I once had dealings with a surgery who didn’t accept that people had problems getting to them - they were very unpleasant about it.

I hope you're wrong there, namelessone, although, to be fair, the surgery just happens to be in our village, but actually covers a large area and some people have several miles to travel to get there. The villages are all on the same bus route though.

The surgery we use is less than helpful, in fact totally useless when patients need help.

Trouble with that one, Andysmum, is that each surgery does it’s own flu jabs but groups of surgeries are getting together to do the COVID jab in one place. Which could mean it is not your village, but another one.
Fingers crossed.

Our flu jabs were done in the village school over half-term. Those who couldn't get there were done at home.

As the schools are closed at the moment it is likely that these jabs will be done there as well.

To amuse myself I checked out the transport from a village that may use our village for their jabs.
Going to ...Maps, neither could provide any public transport info. However I worked over that way a few years ago.
For bus pass holders take the hourly bus into the transport centre (big town) then take a train - usually 2 an hour but may be back down to one an hour to our village. You are unlikely to find the bus service works to the times you need. If timings were perfect it could take around an hour but nothing is perfect. You could wait 59 mins in the village for a train and then 59 minutes for the hourly bus home. That is nearly 3 hours!

Otherwise take 2 trains and hope it works better!

Or drive, 20 - 30 minutes. Pay for parking if you can find any - it is only a village after all with virtually no on street parking!!

OMG - we are so lucky.