I fall into a group which is called 'vulnerable' when it comes to such things as 'flu, so I get an annual jab about this time every year, because I've had a heart attack as well as being over he age of 60. Ashfield Medical Centre in Beanhill, which is where I'm registered as a patient, runs two Saturday clinics for these 'flu jabs, one being today, 23rd September and the second on 14th October, between 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. No good if I'm going to be ill as I'll be no use to Carol if I'm incapacitated so I make the most of this. Thank goodness for the N.H.S. It may have it's faults, but if you had to pay for a 'flu jab it can cost from around £6 to £12. I went along to the surgery at 7.45 this morning and parked ready and waiting and then found a quite considerable queue of people waiting outside the surgery. As soon as the door was opened everyone flocked inside and we had to register with one of two receptionists and I was called through to Dr Cassidy and the jab was administered fast and efficiently and I was out and driving home by 8.15. How is it they can run these clinics so well yet you can be sitting around for a couple of hours as we did in the endoscopy department the other day? We think perhaps they were short staffed when we were there. The C.T. scan which Carol had on Thursday was done very quickly with the minimum amount of waiting.
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