My wife got the Pfizer jab on December 30th (front line NHS worker) and an appointment four weeks later for the second one. Obviously, that was cancelled due to the change to the 12-week regime. She was warned it would be nippy and she said it very much was. She had pain at the site for the remainder of the day, but she was fine the second day.
My mother-in-law had her jab on Burn's night. The surgery had phoned my wife a few days earlier to arrange it. They said if it didn't suit, not to worry, someone would come to the house and vaccinate her (she is 96). I took her to the local community centre, two minutes walk from the house, pushed her in in the wheelchair, the receptionist took her details and ticked her name on the sheet, just at that the nurse said "I'll get you here" and after the usual questions. which my wife answered, Mum, got her jab. She was in and out in two minutes. Mum had no after-effects at all.
Yesterday Madge and I received our blue envelopes, mine for the 10th and hers for the 11th (different categories. I am 73, and she is in the underlying health condition). The appointments are for a local community centre, 8 minutes and 2.2 miles away.
Because Madge has already had her first vaccine, I phoned the vaccination hotline, got straight through, third in the queue, waited 20 seconds and spoke to Douglas. I explained the situation; he pulled up Madge's data and amended it accordingly. Here's hoping Wednesday's jab goes as smoothly. I will keep you informed.