hep B vaccination problem

Speak to the medschool, get them to speak to pct, the medschool might pay for it. Angry letter to PCT ... good practice.

Reply 2

*Emily*

my gp wont give it to me either, so i'm gonna see if bupa will..

Reply 3

What ever you do, get it sorted one way or another. In 2003, 2004 and 2005 both Imperial and UCL have withdrawn offers for failing to make their immunisation deadlines...

I know it's 'unfair' and a right royal pain in the arse, but would you seriously jeapodise your whole future for £200...

One thing that might be worth trying is moving GP... Failing that, see if Imperials Occupational Health dept will do it for you...

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PS - GP's do not get paid for immunising medical students, those who do do it are doing it out of not only the goodness of their own hearts, but also out of the goodness of their own pockets...

Reply 5

*Emily*

yeah, i mean it's not paying for them that's the prob.. just convincing them to let me have it, of course if i was going on holiday to certain areas that'b be another story.. :rolleyes:

Reply 6

Yellowmellow

OP

7

of course i'll make sure that I get the vaccination and meet the health requirements, I just think that the resposibility for the vaccination has been shuffled from GP to PCT to medschool to GP... If I have to then I will pay privately, but on principles it is not something which I agree with. If the HepB vaccination is available on the NHS then I believe that ALL health professionals including students should be immunised free of charge.

Doesn't it just seem like getting into medicine is one hurdle after another?

oh yeah I emailed Imperials' occupational health department to see what they can do.

Reply 7

linksys

when i started volunteering at the hospital i had to get HepB from the occupational health. i think its them that you should try and convince or...try changing your GP. lol

Reply 8

Yellowmellow

of course i'll make sure that I get the vaccination and meet the health requirements, I just think that the resposibility for the vaccination has been shuffled from GP to PCT to medschool to GP... If I have to then I will pay privately, but on principles it is not something which I agree with. If the HepB vaccination is available on the NHS then I believe that ALL health professionals including students should be immunised free of charge.

Doesn't it just seem like getting into medicine is one hurdle after another?

oh yeah I emailed Imperials' occupational health department to see what they can do.

The responsibility to immunise you have never laid with the GP. This isn't a new thing for this year, it's been the case for ages...

The HepB jab isn't 'ordinarily' available on the NHS, guideline dictate who can and can't habe it for free. Medical students are not on the list. This has nothing to do with the NHS, if you want to complain - it's the Government you need to be venting at...

Reply 9

Fluffy

What ever you do, get it sorted one way or another. In 2003, 2004 and 2005 both Imperial and UCL have withdrawn offers for failing to make their immunisation deadlines...

I know it's 'unfair' and a right royal pain in the arse, but would you seriously jeapodise your whole future for £200...

One thing that might be worth trying is moving GP... Failing that, see if Imperials Occupational Health dept will do it for you...

this despite the fact that students will have paltry contact with patients and certainly little with needles or anything until year 3/4.
what a silly bunch of medical schools they are.
i'm told that at most they try to get you to have them before medical school, but have a system set up in the first year of undergrad to sort out those who have not yet been done.

Reply 10

friendlyneutron

11

This whole Hep B palava is so ridiculous, it gets me so angry! Is there anything pro-active we could actually *do* about it? Even something a bit lame like a petition?

Reply 11

friendlyneutron

This whole Hep B palava is so ridiculous, it gets me so angry! Is there anything pro-active we could actually *do* about it? Even something a bit lame like a petition?

you could start one at ipetition.com
but i would blame the medschool...

Reply 12

bright star

some GP's give them for free! mine did and i haven't even got an offer yet!!!

Reply 13

funny thing is if you said to them 'i'm a prostitute/rent boy and get extra money for doing it with no condom' then they'd be injecting you in a second.

its like the old gay trick to get post exposure meds for HIV - just prick yourself on the hand with a drawing pin then go to the hospital and say you fell over in the park and stuck yourself on an empty syringe.

Reply 14

Robot Chicken

funny thing is if you said to them 'i'm a prostitute/rent boy and get extra money for doing it with no condom' then they'd be injecting you in a second.

its like the old gay trick to get post exposure meds for HIV - just prick yourself on the hand with a drawing pin then go to the hospital and say you fell over in the park and stuck yourself on an empty syringe.

In deedy, but it you want to get life assurance at any time in the future, not really recommended :wink:

Reply 15

newbie06

This isn't about Hep B vaccination, but my GP charged me 50 pounds to complete the medical form (for UCL) and print out vaccination records!

Reply 16

Yellowmellow

OP

7

i now have an appointment at a travel clinic for the hep B vaccination, and it is half the cost the GP would do it for :eek:

I still need to get my GP to fill out my vaccination/ health info forms though, hope he doesn't charge for that.

Reply 17

Fluffy

In deedy, but it you want to get life assurance at any time in the future, not really recommended :wink:

ooo, never thought of that!
but then it doesn't matter because in those cases you can then get a test 6 months down the line and if its neg then you can say you never had it.

Reply 18

Robot Chicken

ooo, never thought of that!
but then it doesn't matter because in those cases you can then get a test 6 months down the line and if its neg then you can say you never had it.

Depends if they require release of your medical notes or allow a degree of self certification. I needed life assurance for my HSBC professional studies loan, they requested my medical notes, which was fun! Not!

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