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Our surgery seems to operate the same as yours Gwyn but we have not heard anything yet.

That's good that they are local and at the same time.

Not heard anything yet, but our GP's surgery is a hub for the area, when it comes to vaccines and they have it down to a fine art.
Flu vaccines are by notification of a half / hour slot on a set-aside day, usually a Saturday and several people will be given the same time frame and then it's a case of 'first come, first served' and we we all get streamed off to one of the many rooms in use that day staffed by nurses, retired doctors and anyone suitable who is available. There's 2 staff per room, one to administer the vaccine, while the other logs it onto the system for the correct patient's notes.

Covid vaccines we book ourselves in online and turn up at the surgery, at that time.

For both, we go in one door, through to treatment room, then out another door, while a 'caller' is alerting the next one in the queue.
Usually in the surgery for about 3 minutes maximum.

OH and I have just received emails with appointments for the winter vaccines. NHS Scotland finally seem to have got their act together, as it is just along the road and not 50 miles away, as has happened in the past. They are both at the same time, which is very convenient.