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BobClay

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They definitely checked me against address and other details via the machine prior to giving me the jab. I was wondering to myself if it was usual for a Baptist Church to have Wifi (I don't know much about churches.) Perhaps they used some sort of data roaming connection.
 

littleme

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That was the impression I got as well.
Yeah, the husband had driven me up there & wanted me to ask if anyone a time frame for when he would get a vaccine (he's a bit younger than me, with no health problems). There was no-one really to ask, but I said to him after he really could have just walked in, given his name and Dr surgery and would have been sent through, there was no looking people up to make sure they should be there....

I guess they're updating computer records after the jab has been done.
 

littleme

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They definitely checked me against address and other details via the machine prior to giving me the jab. I was wondering to myself if it was usual for a Baptist Church to have Wifi (I don't know much about churches.) Perhaps they used some sort of data roaming connection.
No computers at the showground, a piece of paper that they filled in with your name, address, dob, Dr's surgery, a few questions below about allergies that the next staff member confirmed. Confirmed again, jabbed & out.

I guess it saves time having someone update computer records afterwards. It was very busy.
 

Thehooperman

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Just called my doctor's to make an appointment for my diabetes check up and asked about the COVID vaccination.

I've now got COVID test Thursday, vaccination Friday, diabetes bloods the following Friday followed by a diabetes review (prodding and tickling finger tips and toes for sensitivity) sometime the week after.

So it will be all swabs, jabs and prods for the next two weeks for me.
 

Mudgie

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Hubby's just said that he mentioned about not having a batch number on the day , and they said to just take the card saying date and vaccination type to next appointment. Then they will look back and see which batch number it was that day (Or something like that....)
That also confused me, they didn't look me up on a computer at all, so I could have been anyone, and anyone could just turn up for a jab with no reason...
That's what I thought.
 

BobClay

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Just called my doctor's to make an appointment for my diabetes check up and asked about the COVID vaccination.

I've now got COVID test Thursday, vaccination Friday, diabetes bloods the following Friday followed by a diabetes review (prodding and tickling finger tips and toes for sensitivity) sometime the week after.

So it will be all swabs, jabs and prods for the next two weeks for me.

Know the feeling. As of late what with giving blood samples, hormone injections, anti-matter injections, flu jabs I'm seriously thinking of writing an autobiography: My Life as a Pin Cushion !! :o
 

BobClay

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Here's the prologue for said biography. (True story.)

Back in the day when going to sea you had to carry three up to date vaccination certificates. Yellow Fever (10 years between jabs,) Smallpox (3 years) and Cholera (6 months.)

I was sent up to a huge building belonging to Mobil Oil in London before joining one of their big tankers (they liked to look you over before trusting you with their ship.) Apparently I was acceptable so they sent me down to their medical bay, which looked better equipped than most hospitals !! (Oil Companies, money not a problem in the 70's.) I passed the medical and the Doc asked me if my vaccinations were up to date.

I whisked them out and smiled knowingly: ‘All up to date,’ I told him. ‘Cholera done last week by my GP.’

‘What about tetanus ?’ he asked.

‘Tetanus ?’ I tried to say: ‘What the fu…… Ouch !! …… Bastard !!!’ :gonk:
 
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littleme

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What's the procedure for the Showground vaccinations and what do I need to take?
You don't need to take anything with you for the vaccination (unless they send you something to take).

Just turn up at (or just before) the time, you are stopped in the car (make sure you have your mask on) where they give you an information sheet, then at the showground you queue to go in, queue again to give your details at a table where they give you a sheet of paper, queue again to enter the big hall, are then shown to the line you join where you queue again to answer the questions on the sheet & confirm you have read the possible side effects and are willing to go ahead. Then when it's your turn you sit on a chair are given a card & the injection & told to go to the waiting area where you are given a ticket stating the time you can leave (15mins). And leave when the time is up!

Hope that helps.
 

Thehooperman

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You don't need to take anything with you for the vaccination (unless they send you something to take).

Just turn up at (or just before) the time, you are stopped in the car (make sure you have your mask on) where they give you an information sheet, then at the showground you queue to go in, queue again to give your details at a table where they give you a sheet of paper, queue again to enter the big hall, are then shown to the line you join where you queue again to answer the questions on the sheet & confirm you have read the possible side effects and are willing to go ahead. Then when it's your turn you sit on a chair are given a card & the injection & told to go to the waiting area where you are given a ticket stating the time you can leave (15mins). And leave when the time is up!

Hope that helps.

Thank queue :)
 

staffordjas

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No computers at the showground, a piece of paper that they filled in with your name, address, dob, Dr's surgery, a few questions below about allergies that the next staff member confirmed. Confirmed again, jabbed & out.
I was only asked the questions once about allergies/ conditions/ whether on warfarin etc the one time , in the stage just before the jab. Jabber just jabbed me and sent me on my way to the rest area. (Thurs) . The first one on entry only took my name & address, GP surgery and appt time.

Hubby was asked at both the start when they filled the name address, doctors and appt time in , AND then confirmed again at the desk just before the jabber. (Monday)
 

The Hawk

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What's the procedure for the Showground vaccinations and what do I need to take?
You don't need to take anything with you for the vaccination (unless they send you something to take).

Just turn up at (or just before) the time, you are stopped in the car (make sure you have your mask on) where they give you an information sheet, then at the showground you queue to go in, queue again to give your details at a table where they give you a sheet of paper, queue again to enter the big hall, are then shown to the line you join where you queue again to answer the questions on the sheet & confirm you have read the possible side effects and are willing to go ahead. Then when it's your turn you sit on a chair are given a card & the injection & told to go to the waiting area where you are given a ticket stating the time you can leave (15mins). And leave when the time is up!

Hope that helps.
Just to add, I did a sheet of paper with my details on, to avoid being misheard through my mask. Just handed it over, so they could copy the details over onto their form.
So it's full name, address (first line and postcode), date of birth, NHS number & GP surgey.
 

staffordjas

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Just to add, I did a sheet of paper with my details on, to avoid being misheard through my mask. Just handed it over, so they could copy the details over onto their form.
So it's full name, address (first line and postcode), date of birth, NHS number & GP surgey.
I didn't have to give my NHS number , even though I'd got it on me....:hmm:
 
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