At what point does this cease being advice and start being harassment?
Friday 11th November, 2022
Thursday 27th October, 2022
NoReply
Remember when I said that my GP surgery couldn't file my flu jab of 12th September?
"Unable to automatically file a third-party immunisation message (Y2f39)".
And when NHSvaccine sent me a text message asking me to book a flu jab at my GP practice or at a pharmacy?
Well, "The System" still can't file my third-party flu immunisation, which means that despite my GP having been advised via a digital notification, and by the NHS walk-in site staff, AND in a phone call from me to the GP surgery's Practice Manager, AND in a face-to-face chat between me and the GP receptionist, AND in a phone-appointment with one of the GPs, I've now got NHS-NoReply banging on about me needing to make an on-line booking for a flu jab that I don't need because I had it over six weeks ago...
Obviously I can't reply to "NHS-NoReply" (yeah, the clue's in the name) even though they've been dumb enough to include a useless truncated no-reply email address, and I really can't be arsed to go to the surgery... again... to bang my head on their reception counter... again.
I'm waiting for when they phone me to ask why I've ignored all of their advice. Harsh words will be dispensed.
Friday 14th October, 2022
Predictable
Remember when I said that my GP surgery couldn't file my flu jab of 12th September?
"Unable to automatically file a third-party immunisation message (Y2f39)".
Well...
I can't reply to "NHSvaccine", so I can't put them straight. TMP, as we say around here.
Thursday 29th September, 2022
confused.jabs
My GP surgery is calling people for Covid autumn booster jabs, coupled with flu jabs. The surgery's website displays the following info:
Let's analyse that...
People in the over-75 age group can get jabbed from 1st October onwards.
People in the 50-64 age group can get jabbed from 16th October onwards, but the first clinic for them will be on 22nd October.
When people in the 65-74 age group can get jabbed is anyone's guess.
Regardless, we weren't going to wait over a month for our Covid jabs, so I contacted the nearest NHS walk-in site. As I'm still classed as being "at higher risk" I was allowed to make a traditional appointment, but Chris and Anna had to attend as walk-ins. While we were waiting, I noticed that they were also giving flu jabs so, when our turns came, me and Chris got both jabs. Although Anna also qualified for a free flu jab, as she's living with an "at higher risk" person (me), we couldn't convince the officials of that qualification, so she had only the Covid jab. All that took place on 12th September.
And true to form, "The System" has cocked-up my record again. In a minor error, SystmOnline has my Covid jab logged as having been given on the 13th. More worrying is another entry dated 13th September, presumably for the flu jab, which states:
"Unable to automatically file a third-party immunisation message (Y2f39)".
I contacted the GP surgery to clarify the situation, and apparently, even though I don't work for the GP, or for the NHS walk-in site, or indeed for any other part of the NHS, it's up to ME to run around getting this sorted out!
That's not going to happen. I'm not fixing their fuck-ups. They can get stuffed.
Sunday 14th August, 2022
Quick Pic – 10th-13th August 2022 (Perseid meteors)
Here's a rough-and-ready shot of one of the Perseids caught on camera during the current shower.
Monday 18th July, 2022
Sixty not out
In Scotland I'd be eligible to apply for a bus-pass.
In Wales I'd be eligible to apply for a bus-pass.
In Northern Ireland I'd be eligible to apply for a bus-pass.
In London I'd be eligible to apply for a bus-pass.
But in "Non-London" England I have to wait another seven years to be eligible to apply for a bus-pass.
There's no levelling-up going on here.
