doctors surgeries are so stupid....

[Xena]

Just got a letter today saying:

An appointment has been made for Alexander Gosney, born 14/08/2007, to attend "insert name of doctors surgery" on 14 August 2008 at 14.10 for their Booster HIB Men C immunisation.

I mean COME ON. They want me to take my baby son to get jabbed on his BIRTHDAY? What kind of a sucky birthday would that be for him?! And do they really think I don't have any plans for that day?!

Geez why can't they think logically for just 5 minutes?

 

[LisaJ1986]

I'd ring them and change it. I wouldn't have the heart to do it. Plus like you say, you could have a party planned.

 

[Xena]

yeh I'm definitely going to change it. I can't put him through that on his birthday poor mite.

 

[debecca]

That's so cruel!! Poor Alex

At least you're getting your jabs mind. Connie's 14 weeks and only had one set

 

[Geordie&Bairn]

I never knew they booked it FOR you
WE make the appoinment on a day that we can make they cant just expect you to drop everyting and run
I book all my appoinments to try and fit around when James is home as i dont drive luckly its not been to much of a pain

Ring them a rearange it
Alex deserves to enjoy his Birthday
a few day would not hurt him to wait

 

[Xena]

I never knew they booked it FOR you
WE make the appoinment on a day that we can make they cant just expect you to drop everyting and run
I book all my appoinments to try and fit around when James is home as i dont drive luckly its not been to much of a pain

Yeh for baby stuff (6 week check plus imms) they always make the appointment for you at my surgery and then send you a letter telling you when it is. 9 times out of 10 I find it's always at an inconvenient time. Gah.

 

[LaineyG]

I've got a feeling my docs are going to do the same to Mhairi!

We've got a drop in clinic though, so I'll just drop out that week and drop in the next!

 

[Sherlock]

Those jab lists are usually mass generated here. Batches of babies/kids once a month.

 

[Xena]

Those jab lists are usually mass generated here. Batches of babies/kids once a month.

Yeh I guess that's probably what happened. Very annoying though.

 

[lauramumof2]

Those jab lists are usually mass generated here. Batches of babies/kids once a month.

Yeh I guess that's probably what happened. Very annoying though.

I had to go down to the post office to pick up a letter that there had been unsufficient postage paid on. It was from the doctors to tell me that jessica had an appointment for her 4 yearly check. By the time I got the letter the date and been and gone. I had to pay £1.06 for that..

 

[Xena]

Those jab lists are usually mass generated here. Batches of babies/kids once a month.

Yeh I guess that's probably what happened. Very annoying though.

I had to go down to the post office to pick up a letter that there had been unsufficient postage paid on. It was from the doctors to tell me that jessica had an appointment for her 4 yearly check. By the time I got the letter the date and been and gone. I had to pay £1.06 for that..

ohh that would have ticked me off!

 

[1sttimemum]

I had to get caitlyns first injections on my birthday

 

[happy-chick]

Aww what a nasty bday present from the doctors defo change it hun x

 

[Sherlock]

They don't do individual appointments here. Its a mass appointment and loads of parents with babies turn up. Bloody chaos. Apparently our GP's surgery don't have anything to do with the dates and times, they just compile a list of all the babies who need jabs and send them to an admin place elsewhere who book and mail them all out.

I only got a separate appointment a week later because I phoned and complained. Otherwise I had to wait another month for the next jab clinic and we'd have been even more behind