It woudn't cost much or offend too many if governmenrs revic-ved the old message I remember form my childhood - Coughs and sneezes spread diseases. They just need to add - Wear a mask.
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"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Last Sunday a pharmacist called at our house to give us Covid vaccines. And just half an hour ago a doctor from our GP practice was at the door, unannounced, to deliver the flu jab. What great service.
Neither of us had any ill effects from the first vaccine so let’s hope the flu jab will be the same.
@BenCotto good to see you can get home visits, but not so good that it was unannounced. I wonder how many people weren't home and a second visit is needed? Around here communication between staff and between surgery and patient is poor.
Presumably if someone's on a list for a home visit, it might be presumed that they're not well enough to go out and about, and after checking their record that they're not scheduled to have a hospital appointment on that day, its probably a fairly safe bet they might be at home?
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So true, Dove. The surgery was meant to phone to advise us but it didn’t happen. Had I have been out, and I have an appointment this afternoon, there is no way my wife could, or would, have manoeuvred herself to the front door in a timely fashion. But I was in, as I am almost all the time, so all was good.
Presumably if someone's on a list for a home visit, it might be presumed that they're not well enough to go out and about, and after checking their record that they're not scheduled to have a hospital appointment on that day, its probably a fairly safe bet they might be at home?
The person for whom the home visit is planned possibly has mobility problems. They may not be living alone and that doesn't mean their 'carer' is going to be at home all the time to answer the door. Surely that makes it even more important to give pre-warning of the visit.
For example. My wife broke her leg badly back in July and it's only been in the past 3 or 4 weeks that she would have been able to answer the door quickly enough to have any hope that the person would still be there. Prior to that any caller would not have got a response,had I been out, despite there being somebody in the house
@KT53 having worked for social services, it is my experience that when someone has long term or permanently poor mobility and has visiting carers it is more than likely that they have a Keysafe so that carers can access the house. Their GP practice will also have the Keysafe Code on record. It will often then also be available to the emergency services, particularly the ambulance service.
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@Dovefromabove I'm not talking about visiting carers and key safes. I'm referring to couples where one is unable to get around but the active partner/carer is absent from the house and there is an unannounced visit by a GP or anybody else. I simply don't see any valid excuse for unannounced visits for things like annual flu/covid jabs.
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and has visiting carers it is more than likely that they have a Keysafe so that carers can access the house. Their GP practice will also have the Keysafe Code on record. It will often then also be available to the emergency services, particularly the ambulance service.
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