[Closed] Covid vaccine appointment - long queue despite booking?

But that is potentially open to error/abuse.

Only if they pin them down to give the injection. People wouldn’t turn up at the centres if they don’t want the injection.

And to counteract what the check box to give consen it’s more than a simple check box (a lot of people present with conditions and health issues, a number of people have fainted and this causes delays etc.)

Everyone is asked the same questions and one of those is consent.

First jab .... straight in straght out total time 15 mins max.
Second jab ... software/conection issue Total time 40 mins.

No issues all 1st world problems.

St Helens no queue, in out and back in car before appointment time.
Did look to be busier for 2nd jabs side

Awesome singletrackworld post.... I had to queue for my free, potentially life saving jab... I am outraged!

People wouldn’t turn up at the centres if they don’t want the injection.

Which is why I put the bit about inferred consent (which just turning up could be).

Only had 1st jab (AZ, I was told to wait 15 mins) and had to wait in car until 5 mins before appointment, small queue but once inside took about 25 mins, including the 15 min wait afterwards

20 mins for me including the 15 minute post jab waiting period. Castlemilk Sports Centre in Glasgow

Which is why I put the bit about inferred consent (which just turning up could be).

Not quite no, which is why they go through a series of questions when you turn up.

Waited for about 15 mins and we’d only moved forward by 4 people or so, so just binned it off – I’d have pissed myself before I got anywhere near the front!

This is pretty poor. Jabs need to be used and you not turning up to your jab means thats likely going to end in the bin.

Got my second jab at this centre in July. First was a model of efficiency and service at Blackburn catherderal. Would happily have gone back there but couldn't get a second appointment. It hasn't helped in the Northwest that mixed messages have been sent out about them jabbing anyone just turning up which aren't true, hence loads of people queuing and being turned away.

This is pretty poor. Jabs need to be used and you not turning up to your jab means thats likely going to end in the bin.

Our hub will use up spare doses on volunteers that need their second, or will call in people. AZ can also be stored.

We ask people to wait for 15 mins after AZ if they are driving. If not, they can got straight out. As we're now putting more people through per day, we're asking people to wait their 15 mins in their cars.

I went to one of the large scale vaccination centres for my first jab (Bath & West Showground). I had a time to turn up but still took about 1.5hrs.

It was quite an operation with parking lanes and holding bays.

It was a long wait but was happy to be getting a vaccination.

"This attitude is why there an issue in some areas. Just because you think your low risk doesn’t mean you can’t pass it on."
Just because you're vaccinated doesn't mean you can't pass it on. According to a triumphant Matt Hancock carriers are 30-40% less likely to pass it on if vaccinated, but that's it!

When I had my first jab there was a big queue. The volunteers were walking the queue to check for people who had booked, and if found moved them to the front.

Haha unbelievable!

Someone actually posted about their intense frustration at a long jab queue! Poor wee boy, my heart bleeds for you.

Volunteer vaccinator here, mostly working at a large mass vaccination centre (800-1100 people per day). A big issue there is people turning up outside their alloted appointment time. Sometimes an hour or two before, this causes queues to quickly build. More recently they've been taking a much stricter line with this and turning people away if they turn up more than 15 mins outside their appointment time.

It's a huge logistical effort to process that many people, but it mostly does work very well. It's a slick operation and at our centre has been subject to "time and motion" style assessments. However, people faint, require translators to be consented, have complicated medical histories which need to be checked, insist on male/female vaccinators for cultural reasons, come dressed in 5 layers and take 10 minutes to bare their arm etc. All this chuck spanners in the works and can slow things right down.

As a vaccinator I typically see each person for a minute or less before I wipe their chair down, sanitise my hands as the next person is walking up. We get bollockings from the nurse in charge if we chat too much to the 'customers' as it slows things down, it really is a production line!

Had the first Pfizer jab Friday. Booked in for 12.30 got there for 12.15, only 2 people in front of me so was out for 12.45 including the post jab wait. No Kitkat though 🙁

As we’re now putting more people through per day, we’re asking people to wait their 15 mins in their cars.

Eh, how does this work, if you have a reaction sitting alone in your car it could be a while before anyone notices?
Fully supportive of the amazing effort at these centres, and no complaints about any waits though.

My first one was fine (yet to have the second), was given a 15 minute window, I arrived at the start of that and had to queue outside for about 10 minutes then took less than 10 minutes once I was in the door and have given details etc.

People that arrived before their 15 minute window were told to wait in their cars (or stand away from the main queue) until it was their time. Seemed a better system than having the long queues that are shown on the news

Also I have a 75 year old aunt who had to wait outside in the cold and rain when she had her first jab (early March), seemed a bit crap way of doing it for the elderly (at least she was wearing a coat, others had apparently expected to go straight in and were shivering in a shirt)

Re the waiting in cars, we have lots of people in the car park who can get help if needed.

I was there yesterday, the number of solo drivers who actually waited the full time was about 20%.

With AZ people who weren't driving are allowed to leave straight away, so I think the anaphylaxis risk is negligible.

Still, I don't make the rules! I just wave at cars.