Vaccine Records (UK)

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Just now, ArtUK said:

General question, what format is the medical officer expecting to see these in?

 

I am in a similar boat, all my records are paper-based from the 90s - thankfully I have these. Do they want paper copies from the GP or will they accept the information in the NHS app / online portal? 

 

You need your Summary Care Record, which you then print out and hand over when you check in for the appointment. It’s basically a 2-4 page summary of any past medical history, your vaccines, etc. No need for the varicella jab, that will be waived in the UK as it’s not routinely available/given.

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Just now, mam521 said:

I was coming to say exactly this.  Get the Titres test done.  No need to try and muster up jabs if you don't actually need them.  Narrow the list  and go from there. 

Unfortunately the titres are in most cases significantly more expensive than the vaccinations. I can't work out why this is, but it is. 

I've emailed the medical record company to ask where the other 23 years of my medical records are, and failing that, I'll just have to pay for whatever jabs they say. It is so, so frustrating but I can't see another way around it - GP appointments are six weeks ahead, medvisa appt is in a week... I've got no other ideas!

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Just now, bettish101 said:

Unfortunately the titres are in most cases significantly more expensive than the vaccinations. I can't work out why this is, but it is. 

I've emailed the medical record company to ask where the other 23 years of my medical records are, and failing that, I'll just have to pay for whatever jabs they say. It is so, so frustrating but I can't see another way around it - GP appointments are six weeks ahead, medvisa appt is in a week... I've got no other ideas!

 

You’ll still need your Summary Care Record though, to show any past medical issues. Is your GP saying they don’t have one for you at all? Could you maybe get a letter from them which essentially does the same thing? You’d probably have to pay for it but that would be a cheaper option than getting all of the jabs done again. 

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30 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

You’ll still need your Summary Care Record though, to show any past medical issues

I have this. It shows past medical issues but not vaccinations (possibly COVID, nothing else). I’m waiting on a tonsillectomy (lol) and have a letter from my ENT surgeon about that as well. It’s literally just vaccination records missing. 

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1 hour ago, bettish101 said:

Unfortunately the titres are in most cases significantly more expensive than the vaccinations. I can't work out why this is, but it is.

UGH!  For real?  That's so strange!  

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52 minutes ago, bettish101 said:

I have this. It shows past medical issues but not vaccinations (possibly COVID, nothing else). I’m waiting on a tonsillectomy (lol) and have a letter from my ENT surgeon about that as well. It’s literally just vaccination records missing. 

 

That’s so weird! Really hope you can get it sorted, good luck. 

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1 hour ago, bettish101 said:

I have this. It shows past medical issues but not vaccinations (possibly COVID, nothing else). I’m waiting on a tonsillectomy (lol) and have a letter from my ENT surgeon about that as well. It’s literally just vaccination records missing. 

 

Have you asked them why the vaccinations aren't on there? If so, did they give a reason?

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Just now, SL2024 said:

Have you asked them why the vaccinations aren't on there? If so, did they give a reason?

I have. My GP told me to ask Medi2Data; Medi2Data have ignored my emails so far and their phone line is closed for training.

It's so infuriating. At this point I have four working days between tomorrow and my medvisa appt, and am missing loads of vaccine detail despite applying for my full medical records six weeks ago (when it became apparent that NHS App etc had nothing but my Covid records). I'd guess that someone, probably my GP back in my hometown, messed something up quite badly (lost some records, didn't digitise something they ought to, etc). I'm going to keep asking questions of GP and Medi2Data until the clock runs out, but for my sanity I've made peace with the strong possibility I'm going to have to cough up for unnecessary vaccines. 

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2 minutes ago, bettish101 said:

I have. My GP told me to ask Medi2Data; Medi2Data have ignored my emails so far and their phone line is closed for training.

It's so infuriating. At this point I have four working days between tomorrow and my medvisa appt, and am missing loads of vaccine detail despite applying for my full medical records six weeks ago (when it became apparent that NHS App etc had nothing but my Covid records). I'd guess that someone, probably my GP back in my hometown, messed something up quite badly (lost some records, didn't digitise something they ought to, etc). I'm going to keep asking questions of GP and Medi2Data until the clock runs out, but for my sanity I've made peace with the strong possibility I'm going to have to cough up for unnecessary vaccines. 

 

It's just so weird that they have everything else but not the vaccination records. Do you have the red booklets (might be the child personal health record) at all? As that has a few vaccinations listed in there that you can provide. Might help reduce the amount of vaccinations you need.

 

I only needed a Tetanus booster and Hepatitis B on the day so was happy to pay for them at the medical and then I got the Covid booster at Boots a couple of weeks later.

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Just now, SL2024 said:

Do you have the red booklets (might be the child personal health record) at all?

I do. I'm going to go ahead and guess my mum forgot to take it to appointments - it's empty except for the name of my health visitor (not helpful three decades on) and some head measurements (unsettling). Mad how much of a nightmare that's turning into all this time later.

The reason they have everything else, I suspect, is because most of my health history was in the ten years of medical records they had for me, luckily I've been broadly healthy. I do remember thinking a few years ago that it was strange that I had to remind my GP I couldn't take a certain class of medication, but I just assumed he wasn't paying attention, didn't occur to me he might be missing records.  

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1 minute ago, bettish101 said:

I do. I'm going to go ahead and guess my mum forgot to take it to appointments - it's empty except for the name of my health visitor (not helpful three decades on) and some head measurements (unsettling). Mad how much of a nightmare that's turning into all this time later.

The reason they have everything else, I suspect, is because most of my health history was in the ten years of medical records they had for me, luckily I've been broadly healthy. I do remember thinking a few years ago that it was strange that I had to remind my GP I couldn't take a certain class of medication, but I just assumed he wasn't paying attention, didn't occur to me he might be missing records.  

 

I just let the nurse on the day tell me what vaccinations I needed as they will know what is required from looking at your records and the information you provide to them. They were very helpful and answered any questions that I did have.