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Fair. The NHS shouldn't be beyond criticism, you're right, although I think we have to acknowledge that any programme rolled out this quickly and on this scale is likely to be imperfect and there will (hopefully) be a lot of learning happening as it goes along.
Personally I do think that rather than openly talking about adding other groups to the list (police, teachers, key workers) the focus should be on finishing what has been started and sticking to the plan to avoid the sort of situations that @Markyboy was talking about but IANAD, epidemiologist, NHS manager etc.
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Of course, perfect shouldn’t be the enemy of good. Certainly I was cautious in the advice I gave to make contact, people have to make a judgement though, no ones going to compensate those who do get overlooked. Perhaps your post gives balance to mine. It did seem somewhat judgemental and another blaming the people rather than the structures be that gov or NHS but I can also appreciate the experiences you may be having.
GoatandTricycle
Your original post missed any of that nuance.
With people’s experiences here processes are either not working or built to accommodate this.
I agree on communication however there is a general sentiment expressed, not just your post, but on the forum that the government deserve no praise and the NHS no criticism for how well or badly the vaccination programme is going.