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flu jabs

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
in Health & Wellbeing
will you be told if you need one, or is it up to you to ask?

i was watching something on the news about the jabs and the priority groups, and i think i fit into at least one, but no one's ever suggested to me that i might need to have one.

do i need to go ask about them, or just assume if it's not been mentioned it's probably cause i don't need one?

also, is it too late in the year?

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Some GP's will be good about this and send letters out to all those in the 'at risk' group, others will not.

    If you think you are in the 'at risk' group phone up your surgury and ask.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    bongbudda wrote:
    Some GP's will be good about this and send letters out to all those in the 'at risk' group, others will not.

    If you think you are in the 'at risk' group phone up your surgury and ask.
    I'd ring and ask, like bongbudda said. I'm in one of the 'at risk' groups, and didn't get a letter. I shouldn't think its too late either, I only had mine on Friday.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    isn't any harm in asking.
    but most people who are deemed to be at risk should have letters sent to them advising about flu jabs.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Good luck getting one.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    does it really matter if i don't get one?

    what are the risks? (obviously apart from getting flu)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    You'll get flu, get sick, and have trouble controlling your diabetes/heart disease/asthma etc.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    it's mainly cause i'm on long-term steroid treament and thus have crapola immune defences.

    it says in my patient info leaflet that this can increase the chances of you catching stuff, but also mask the symptoms. so how do you know if you've got something?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    You'd know if you had flu but steroids would indeed mask some symptoms because of the way they work in reducing the body's immune reactions. If you are on long term oral steroids, it's reasonable to ask your GP for a flu jab.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I had to ring up and ask to have one. As it was, this was about a month ago and i had to wait for 3 weeks for a 5 second appointment. However, will all the hullabaloo with not enough flu jab, good luck getting one.

    Mind you, although i have asthma, i didn't even get asked why i needed/wanted one.no wonder they have run out!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    cornishangel24 wrote:
    I had to ring up and ask to have one. As it was, this was about a month ago and i had to wait for 3 weeks for a 5 second appointment. However, will all the hullabaloo with not enough flu jab, good luck getting one.

    Mind you, although i have asthma, i didn't even get asked why i needed/wanted one.no wonder they have run out!
    Wouldn't they have seen it on your notes?
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