No Record Of vaccination

[mrswooten4ever 0]

Hi All Anybody else from the Uk had this problem? When i asked for my vaccinantion records I was told I had none! Apparently during the 60's and 70's vaccinations were given at schools and clinics and GP's weren't notified. When i suggested to the Practice Manager that I have a blood test done she said they dont do that and there must be some way to find the records? Anybody have any ideas?

Thanks

Adele

Edited February 10, 2006 by MrsW2B

[UmmSqueakster 54]

My husband didn't bring any vaccination records with him from Egypt, so when the time came for getting the vaccination suppliment, we had two options:

1) Get a blood test to determine which vaccitnations he had, and then get the ones he didn't

2) Just get vaccinated all over again

Option 2 was cheaper, so that's what we went for.

[luv2teach77 41]

Hi All Anybody else from the Uk had this problem? When i asked for my vaccinantion records I was told I had none! Apparently during the 60's and 70's vaccinations were given at schools and clinics and GP's weren't notified. When i suggested to the Practice Manager that I have a blood test done she said they dont do that and there must be some way to find the records? Anybody have any ideas?

Thanks

Adele

I didn't have this problem being a wee bit younger but my suggestion would be to go ahead and have everything done anyway. I'm sure that there is a list of required vaccinations available somewhere... if you haven't had any booster shots of the required vaccinations since you were a kid, most of the stuff you'll need should be re-doable. Anything you can get done by the NHS before you leave the UK will save you mucho $$ when you get to the US !!

Sorry I didn't really answer your question there but hopefully there is some useful stuff amongst my ramblings !!

Mark

[mrswooten4ever 0]

I didn't have this problem being a wee bit younger but my suggestion would be to go ahead and have everything done anyway. I'm sure that there is a list of required vaccinations available somewhere... if you haven't had any booster shots of the required vaccinations since you were a kid, most of the stuff you'll need should be re-doable. Anything you can get done by the NHS before you leave the UK will save you mucho $$ when you get to the US !!

Sorry I didn't really answer your question there but hopefully there is some useful stuff amongst my ramblings !!

Mark

Thanks Mark

I thought of that too but was just wondering if anybody else had had the same problem and if so what they did. I can still remember getting my smallpox vaccination when i was nine LOL Hurt like mad. I just find it strange that there was no centralised record system

Adele

[perfect 39]

I used to work for the Health Board before moving here and it used to be that as well as GPs there were separate child health departments that dealt with child immunisations and school nurse activities, medical exams, vision tests etc like we had back then!

So you should be able to locate any vaccination records through the Child Health Department linked to the local health board.

And it is possible to get bood tests to prove immunity to some of the childhood diseases which you would either have naturally or as a result of being vaccinated...such as german measles, chicken pox, hepatitis, but of course you would have to pay to have these done.

Hope that helps!

Edited February 10, 2006 by perfect

[dmd01708 3]

My doctor also didnt have my vaccination records but he did give me all the jabs that I asked for when I told him what they were for. I also got off of him an international vaccine card that shows that I had them all done.

Donna