Booster Jab appointment

I booked an appointment for this coming Monday, at Hollowoods in Mesnes street. I was offered a time slot, but then read that it might take up to 45 mins to get the jab. I'm slightly baffled!

I'm told they are very busy and there are usually long queues along Mesnes Street.

Same everywhere jacks my app was 09.32 at Robin Retail & I had the jab at 10.05...a man queued up next to us & he didn't have an app but went straight in & had a jab

My wife and i went to the robin park complex for a 3.40pm Appointment for our booster jab ,we got there early 3.25 pm and were on way home by 3.45 pm . Cannot complain in and out no problems .........Parking was a bit IFFY ! GB

nanajacqui: I've been given a reference number. I wonder if this gets me in quicker?

Your reference number guarantees you a jab, not a time. Lots of people are having to queue apparently.

Hello Jacks ,,To be honest with you just roll up we were never asked had we an appointment ( even though we had one ) we just walked in and said come for our booster jabs ,, that was that ,,...........GB

You need an appointment for your booster jab. They have lists and times when you are expected. You cant just turn up.

A number of friends with time slots at Hollowoods turned up at their appointment time to be told the times didn't matter, just the reference number for the booking.

First mate see my post above,a man turned up without an app & had a jab

Had both the jabs and the booster at Hollowoods, no queueing involved. Very well organised, in and out in just over 10 mins. There is limited parking just up the road in front of the multi storey behind the old Smiths shop too.

It seems like the booking system has gone awry. I know a couple
who are entitled to a booster but cant book and appointment. Yet people are just walking in?

NHS England has said that there is no ‘widespread issue’ with the national booking system for Covid vaccinations, despite eligible patients claiming they have been unable to book their booster jabs.

LINK

Well folks, I got there at my appointed time, and gave them my reference number. Nothing was said, as such, about a time. Got the jab quickly enough, then, as usual, waited 15 mins, and done.

Ithink it has to do with the 26 week gap between the second and booster, i had a text to book a jab, I can't have a booking untill after 04/11, So if people are going before they are due, that will explain the queues and disorganization, Its people panicking at the pumps all over again,

As from today you can walk in & get the Booster providing it's six months since second jab

Where at NanaJ. I've only had a text a few weeks ago and heard nothing else since.

I read that this morning..Terry..I think you can go to your nearest..the best bet is to give them a bell to confirm it,

Thank You Momac, will do.

Yes momac is right you can go to any,ring 01942 807780 for Robin Park if you'd rather speak to someone

Thanks for that number NanaJ.

You're welcome Terry,it's nice to be nice

Yes it is, you are always very nice, NanaJ.

Weekly info on local Walk-In Clinics:

healthierwigan.nhs.uk

Thanks Jo Anne. It's saying you must wait until you are contacted by the NHS for your booster on that.

Terry on Thursday a man was in our queue & didn't have an appointment,he went in & had his jab

iv,e been waiting over a month for my booster jab & i,m still waiting .

TerryW, I suspect the page just needs updating, but I’ve contacted them to ask.

apparently these nhs booking agents such as 119 dont book any disabled people for home visits & refer you back to your gp ? .

Thanks all, I'll get us sorted one way or the other.

Sorry, my suspicion was wrong.

Wigan Borough CCG:

At our local clinics we are asking patients to book an appointment for their booster vaccine when they are eligible. This is to help us make sure we have enough vaccines for everyone on the day and aren’t turning people away. To book, please ring 01942 807780.

If you would to attend a walk in clinic, please visit www.nhs.uk to find your nearest nationally run walk in clinic.

Flu jab booked for tomorrow morning.

"Flu jab booked for tomorrow morning".

Curious to know you feel the need to constantly inform of us of such trivial details relating to your existence Terry. I am even more curious to know why you think anyone would be remotely interested in them.

The men in the white coats would have field day with you!!

Gives you a reason to post on WW, where would you be without me.

Lots of us have posted about having our jabs & the effects aches & pains etc,why pick on Terry because he's mentioned it ? Stop it you bully

It doesn't bother me, Nanaj. Just let the kiddies have their fun.

NJ?
Have considered that Terry may also, in his own way be a bully?


I guess not

What other fascinating insights will you be telling us all about today Terry?

“I had a shower this morning”
“Cheese sandwich for lunch”
“Went to Tesco, I prefer it to Asda”
“Watching Eastenders tonight”

I really am struggling to contain the excitement!

Zzzzzzzz!

behave, sd, you bully

Baz.
There is a name for what Terry (and his acolytes) suffer from.
Think about how Terry talks, behaves and acts, then based on all that pretend you are him and then do this little

TEST

I rest my case

well, he keeps saying, I'm a great person, and " I can live my life in any way I want to" or words to that effect but spends most of his time on here trying to convince people.

"I tend to be a fairly cautious person" definitely not, he came on here all guns blazing, even though he denied ever being on here before, that's when LG sussed him, so then he started to get nasty to LG.

Get some help Terry

Question 16, first answer, that's definitely Pinocchio.

Question 19: I like to be the center of attention.

blinkin eck, another one that's him.

I struggled with….,

“I like to look at my body/ my body is nothing special”

I guess that’s one only Terry himself can answer

I can't read it anymore, it's as if he's written it.

Classic narcissist Baz and it was only a matter of time before he revealed it……but hey it’s ok not to be ok and it’s wrong to ridicule the afflicted. He can’t help it if he isn’t wired up right!!

We know what we are dealing with now, the poor old lad has issues upstairs and he needs help, we should be sympathetic and supportive towards him, however it’s not an excuse for his ongoing conduct.

Let’s be thankful we don’t have to tolerate him in real life eh?

Yes, very thankful.

Just to get back on topic, I've had 2 flu jabs, 2 Covid jabs and the booster all in 10 months this year. All well organised, no queueing and only mild symptoms with the 1st and 3rd jabs. I presume that the booster will be a yearly thing going forward, as per the flu shot. Just as aside, who thinks masks are coming back and who is in favour ?

Flu jab done and dusted folks.

Never been on here before, no one has sussed me to date and you two/three couldn't handle me in real life. FACT.

"no one has sussed me to date"

The way I read that Terry you are admitting THERE IS something to `suss`

Not that anyone needs convincing

Go and try it on with someone of a pension age as per soft lad, you're getting know where with me.

I dont need to get anywhere with you Terry. You may not be in control of your ego but I am with mine

Can I politely suggest you get some help

Will do.

Now don't burn yourself out with all that C & P rubbish, if you haven't the ability to use your brain to say what you mean I'd leave it be, we don't want more reports of you having another mental breakdown now do we. You are getting nowhere with me and getting there fast.

Do you really take pleasure in spoiling other members threads just to have a go at me? Not that I mind but I feel it's rather unfair to those who wish to post without your and your pals crap on a daily basis.

"Do you really take pleasure in spoiling other members threads just to have a go at me?"

I believe I have already stated that the concept of irony is apparently lost on you Terry, do I need to say it again ?

Not really an excuse that is it.

Errrr......it was an observational comment Terry, not an excuse.

Posted by: TerryW (6782)

Go and try it on with someone of a pension age as per soft lad, you're getting know where with me

you mean like you do.

For God's sake I am sick to death orreading these childish, bickering and infantile comments from the same old idiots. Just get a life or go down the pub and bicker face to face. What is wrong with you that you enjoy this behaviour.
What I was gong to say to the adult posters is that you can check online on the NHS site and they will list the drop in centres in your locality. No appt necessary as long as you are 6 months after your second jab. We did this yesterday nut had a very long wait. Staff great though and hot drinks offered. Now someone else went to another centre and had no queue at all so I suppose it's the luck of the draw

agree, don't forget the nasty comments

you were lucky, we didn't get a drink

Kath P: I find them funny, don't read them if they bother you. Have you noticed though that STD never starts a thread of his own, always jumps on others and then leccy comes in and it's jackets off and outside!

basil brush I don't understand why it is less organised with the boosters. I am prepared to wait and put up with it and appreciate stff are doing a good job. WE did see some jump the queue which got a few backs up when others had beenwaiting. I asked 2 girls afterwards how dod they manage to jump the queue and I was told that anyone in the queue waiting for a first or second jab is fast tracked. I id see one old lady approach staff and aske if she could go next because she was tired of waiting and she was firmly told to wait like everyone else or leave. She left

you would have thought that they would have learned from the 1st/2nd lot of jabs

Half of the problem is there are people who are booking slots for their booster jab and at the same time people are just turning up for their jab.

As I understand it, there are 2 makes: AZ and Pfizer. One of them, can't remember which one, needs to be kept refigerated but the other one doesn't and it depends on which batch has been delivered to the Centre. Also, if the refigerated one is there, that has to be used first and quickly so they let any old fool in whether appointment or not.

When we took my Mother in Law for her first shot in January, my Wife took her in and I was sat outside in the car. She was asked what relation she was to her and she said Daughter and she was asked does she live with you. She was then told there had been quite a number of no shows that day and she could have hers at the same time. As I was present too, I could also have mine as well. We were 59/60 respectively at the time. I put it down to the fact they didn't want to throw vaccines away and would rather administer them Then we found out we'd had the AZ which can be kept in a fridge, not the deep freeze Pfizer version. 2nd shot in April was AZ again and the booster in October was Pfizer.

I took my partner to the drop in centre on Preston bus station for her booster this morning.Bang on the 26 weeks and straight in and out no appointment necessary.

platty I am not reading these idiotic and often nasty comments from choice. I see a decent post on which I would like to comment but then scrolling through all the drivel to get to the end/

Kath just press the page down button which will scroll you to the bottom of the thread and bypass the dross or you can stop on a members comment who has posted something sensible Booked for booster jab at Leigh leisure centre next Tues then we can go shopping at Morrisons Forget going through the roadworks to get to Wigan LC and then finding a parking space can be at Leigh LC in about 10 mins No hassle with roadworks