"Flu Vaccine"

I received a text telling me I was ellegible for the Flu Vaccine & to use a link that was provided to book an appointment. At first I thought this could be a scam as I had not received texts from this source before. It was from HSC Vaccine but I remembered the HSC App was used for Covid. I proceeded with caution & found everything legit.

The only Centres available for my postcode were Lagan Valley, Ulster Hospital & RVH. The process of booking a slot for the vaccine with the Ulster Hospital had faults in that there were lots of available slots but once I selected a time it told me it wasn't available anymore. I tried this over several days & several time slots but no joy. I then reverted to RVH & was able to book an appointment no problem, in fact got an appointment in 2 days time 👍.

I had to call the RVH to clarify where the Unit was as directions had not been provided, it just mentioned the Covid-19 Centre, Ground Floor, Redevelopment Office & I didn't know where this was. The process from there was straight forward, I turned up a little early & was seen to straight away. Everything went very smooth, the Nurses were clear with the information they provided me with & it was all over & done with in seconds, no tears 😄.

I would have liked to have had the Flu Vaccine earlier than January but I'm not in the age bracket or ill health condition. I did contact the flu early January 🤧 & still have a cough from it 4 weeks on. I last received the Flu Vaccine October 2022 so thought I just needed to be patient, & wait to be called.