Or GP may have made an error. It happens.
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What would happen in England if they didnât have a number to text you on? My GP back home never had any direct contact details for me besides my address.
Maybe not an error, and just inconsistent weirdness:
They did. They looked at my thing which said âeligible in group Xâ but forgot to consider the âgroup Xâ part when sending me on my wild goose chase. Oh well, the wait continues 
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Iâve now had both vaccines and feeling good about it, especially as Iâm off on a âstaycationâ next week.
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They will post a letter to you. It arrived for my husband the day after he booked his test online (after seeing his bracket was eligible on the morning news). So it seems pretty quick to arrive.
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Pretty bummed I missed yesterdayâs mass vaccination drive in London. Is there a service I can sign up to that lets me know if there are any vaccines available or once Iâm eligible?
<tongue in cheek>Twitter</tongue in cheek>
But seriously, as long as youâre keeping on top of the news from usual sources, youâll hear sooner rather than later, Iâm sure. No-one is sneaking out the next reduction in vaccination age range hoping that people wonât notice! Would rather defeat the purpose.
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One canât really follow every single NHS trustâs Twitter, though
And whilst Iâm confident Iâll be notified by text/whatever, itâs a shame yesterdayâs 15k free Pfizerâs werenât better communicated as I was in the area and I want to make sure Iâm up to speed if similar things happen another weekend
I think it was very well communicated on social media considering how many people turned up. With a limit like they had, they canât just advertise it everywhere because then even more people will turn up.
Unfortunately there will always be people who miss out in these circumstances.
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Itâs unfortunate you missed it, but with my objective hat on, I canât see that it was badly communicated. The decision to make it available to everyone over 18 was an ad-hoc decision on the day, and wasnât made until 2.30pm. Social media boosted the signal massively, as there were huge, huge queues at the stadium.
Thereâs no way they could have started the day with the lower limit, as this wouldâve been against clinical guidelines (indeed, the dropping to 18 at 2.30pm was still against guidelines, but I suspect it was because by then theyâd worked out they wouldâve had a surplus left at the current rate and did what they could to use it all). Also if people had know days before the limit was 18, it probably wouldâve ended up being oversubscribed.
I shall keep my fingers crossed for you that you manage to get your vaccine shooner rather than later.
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Get âknownâ at the vaccination sites. Turn up near the end with no queue and see if they will put you on the reserve list.
Where I volunteer is GP lead and closing in July so cannot give out first doses anymore but you might have a chance just asking. No harm in asking however depending on your age you might just wait it out especially if close to 30? I think it is now
Iâm closer to 30 than Iâd like in general terms, but I donât think Iâm close enough for a vaccine in the next couple of weeks 
if I could find opening times for the local centre I might try, but I donât know when they close
Iâm currently placing bets with myself as to whether Iâll get a second dose by the notional 12 week limit.
Technically I should now be on the 8-9 week list but seeing as I had may first dose 10 weeks ago yesterday that horse has bolted.
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Iâm ready for my 3rd dose booster shot in the autumn / winter⌠
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Same here - I doubt Iâll get an âaccelerationâ text/email between now and my planned, second jab in 2 weeks.
Iâm on the GP list so I donât have a second appointment yet. Hence the betting.
I imagine Iâll get a text message in the next few days in reality.
Please donât do this. The NHS specifically ask people not to.
If you are <30 and not vulnerable, whatâs actually the rush on somebody getting their vaccine?
Covid isnât particularly dangerous to that group, the standard preventative methods of masks and hand washing should be fine while you wait your turn.
For that age group itâs important as itâll help the whole population.
The vaccines have been shown to reduce transmission, so by getting inoculated youâll be doing two things: protecting yourself against the possibility that youâll be one of the people that will need hospital treatment and protecting others by reducing the transmission of Covid.
So basically, get the vaccine when offered it!
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