[Misc] Strand Medical, Worthing

[Bozza]

Anyone here have Strand Medical as their GP surgery?

If so, have you been invited for your booster with them?

My mum (76) and aunt (68) haven't been and I can't believe they haven't reached their cohort yet. Their attempts to speak to someone have just been brushed away with "we'll contact you when it's your turn".

 

[Icy Gull]

Anyone here have Strand Medical as their GP surgery?

If so, have you been invited for your booster with them?

My mum (76) and aunt (68) haven't been and I can't believe they haven't reached their cohort yet. Their attempts to speak to someone have just been brushed away with "we'll contact you when it's your turn".

Edit, apologies, I was thinking of Strand Surgery in Goring

 

[Worthing exile]

Anyone here have Strand Medical as their GP surgery?

If so, have you been invited for your booster with them?

My mum (76) and aunt (68) haven't been and I can't believe they haven't reached their cohort yet. Their attempts to speak to someone have just been brushed away with "we'll contact you when it's your turn".

Yes, we are. Mrs W E had hers today, I've got mine next Saturday.
Apart from the 4 minute long message you get each time when you phone them, I can only praise how hard they have been working through all this.

Can't understand how your Mum and Aunt have been overlooked.

 

[vegster]

Anyone here have Strand Medical as their GP surgery?

If so, have you been invited for your booster with them?

My mum (76) and aunt (68) haven't been and I can't believe they haven't reached their cohort yet. Their attempts to speak to someone have just been brushed away with "we'll contact you when it's your turn".

I'm pretty sure it IS their turn ! Take it out of the practice's hands a book the boosters elsewhere.

 

[Dirty Dave]

Anyone here have Strand Medical as their GP surgery?

If so, have you been invited for your booster with them?

My mum (76) and aunt (68) haven't been and I can't believe they haven't reached their cohort yet. Their attempts to speak to someone have just been brushed away with "we'll contact you when it's your turn".

Mrs DD (36) has been invited to have her booster there tomorrow morning

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[Bozza]

I'm pretty sure it IS their turn ! Take it out of the practice's hands a book the boosters elsewhere.

That’s what I’m trying now, but no appointments in the near future anywhere.

Might have to do the walk-in at Churchill Square.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Anyone here have Strand Medical as their GP surgery?

If so, have you been invited for your booster with them?

My mum (76) and aunt (68) haven't been and I can't believe they haven't reached their cohort yet. Their attempts to speak to someone have just been brushed away with "we'll contact you when it's your turn".

Do these help?


https://www.nhs.uk/book-covid-booster

https://www.nhs.uk/grab-a-jab

 

[WATFORD zero]

That’s what I’m trying now, but no appointments in the near future anywhere.

Might have to do the walk-in at Churchill Square.

It definitely looks like they've been missed somehow. You could try online, telephone, walk in, as we have had very different availability from each. We had booster booked, 3 weeks ahead, couldn't make the date and tried to change online, and nothing for 6 weeks. Mrs Wz phoned and got Racehill Brighton next day. (I suspect the same call next day may have got a different result). Not a criticism, just an observation of what can happen on a project of this scale.

Good luck

 

[Icy Gull]

I think the third booster messages come through the NHS not the surgery although they look like they come from the surgery from the messages

 

[Weststander]

It definitely looks like they've been missed somehow. You could try online, telephone, walk in, as we have had very different availability from each. We had booster booked, 3 weeks ahead, couldn't make the date and tried to change online, and nothing for 6 weeks. Mrs Wz phoned and got Racehill Brighton next day. (I suspect the same call next day may have got a different result). Not a criticism, just an observation of what can happen on a project of this scale.

Good luck

There are varying, almost haphazard, routes.

The system worked brilliantly for jabs 1 and 2 last winter for our asthmatic daughter. They came to us. Fantastic.

When it came to the booster, she was completely forgotten about, falling between several disparate stools.

At our regular GP’s Warmdene, a typically Hitler-esque Gp’s receptionist didn’t know wtf I was on about. The insinuation that we’d duped the NHS system in getting a 16 year old vax’d. Despite them having her full asthma history.

The NHS ‘helpline’ and online system was equally crap, they had no record of her!

Persistence paid off, when someone gave me the direct telephone number of the B’ton Racecourse vax centre. Bingo, a helpful person found her vax record immediately and she was ‘boosted’ a couple of days later.

Bizarre that there are different entirely ring fenced databases still running.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

I have recently been moved to Strand and didn't get any contact about my booster. There was nothing on the website (or the NHS ones) but I found out through others that if you call 03333 704111 you can book an appointment there. They were even doing walk-ins the other weekend.

 

[mune ni kamome]

We’ve just had our booster last Sunday at Strand Medical (I’m 67). I was booked in using the NHS site at Chichester Northgate but felt increasingly miffed at having to travel so far so phoned my surgery at Shelley Road who said “No problem, we’ll book you in at Strand Medical.” Just had to wait one week so I would recommend you keep phoning. Seems to be pot luck who you speak to.

 

[vegster]

That’s what I’m trying now, but no appointments in the near future anywhere.

Might have to do the walk-in at Churchill Square.

One of the local Worthing FB groups had some discussions about getting booked in more local than Brighton, a few people posted this number through which you can book. 0333 370 4111. You will be in a queue but you get through pretty quickly.

 

[BNthree]

That’s what I’m trying now, but no appointments in the near future anywhere.

Might have to do the walk-in at Churchill Square.

The walk in isn’t a walk in any more and is solely doing booster appointments now.

 

[dazzer6666]

The walk in isn’t a walk in any more and is solely doing booster appointments now.

Haywards Heath are doin walk-ins ‘subject to availability’……..apparently a lot of no-shows so very likely to be accepted.

 

[dazzer6666]

There are varying, almost haphazard, routes.

The system worked brilliantly for jabs 1 and 2 last winter for our asthmatic daughter. They came to us. Fantastic.

When it came to the booster, she was completely forgotten about, falling between several disparate stools.

At our regular GP’s Warmdene, a typically Hitler-esque Gp’s receptionist didn’t know wtf I was on about. The insinuation that we’d duped the NHS system in getting a 16 year old vax’d. Despite them having her full asthma history.

The NHS ‘helpline’ and online system was equally crap, they had no record of her!

Persistence paid off, when someone gave me the direct telephone number of the B’ton Racecourse vax centre. Bingo, a helpful person found her vax record immediately and she was ‘boosted’ a couple of days later.

Bizarre that there are different entirely ring fenced databases still running.

It’s not bizarre - NHS IT is a complete pile of horseshit.

 

[dadams2k11]

It’s not bizarre - NHS IT is a complete pile of horseshit.

As someone who as work for 3 different NHS trusts in IT, I would strongly disagree.

What do you base your comment on?

 

[CheeseRolls]

It’s not bizarre - NHS IT is a complete pile of horseshit.

I had some blood tests Monday morning last week and got some of the results back on the same day. Still waiting for others to come back from the lab, but this feels like a much better way of working and genuine progress. Personally I want to be able to track a lot of this information over time, to get a better view of the things I should be concerned about.

 

[schmunk]

Haywards Heath are doin walk-ins ‘subject to availability’……..apparently a lot of no-shows so very likely to be accepted.

Is that at Clair Hall? I'm booked there for early Jan but would happily go earlier.

 

[schmunk]

Mrs DD (36) has been invited to have her booster there tomorrow morning

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Does she mind you calling her by her bra size?