Meningitis B vaccine locally? Post Reply

[thepea]

Hi mummy_cone_medical, I just registered. Please let us know as soon as you have it available. many thanks

[mumbelievable]

Boots at Westfield do it for £90 per jab - if they can get hold of the vaccine, its in short supply

[owenwe]

I had my 2 year old vaccinated last Friday at Chatfield medical centre - the gp that I am registered with. They did it for £110 per jab (he will have the second in April). You have to be registered but I was surprised that they had it given the general shortage.

[thepea]

'if anyone wishes to join our mailing list we'll be sending an email when it's back in stock in June it will be £100 per dose (www.coynemedical.com)'


Got an email from Coyne medical to say they had this back in stock -

unfortunately the price in now an eye watering £480 !!

Has anyone found anywhere doing it recently for a more reasonable price?

[mummy_fulham]

Thanks for contacting us about the meningitis B vaccine. I know it is terribly expensive at the moment. As has already been mentioned on this board the manufacturer (GlaxoSmithKline) is not releasing any supplies for private vaccinations. This does apply equally whether the vaccination is done by an NHS or private GP.

We are a private practice and look after many children and newborns. Many of our children had received only 1 dose of the vaccine before the shortage and needed their boosters as soon as possible, and our newborn patient require their newborn immunisations. Hence we took the unusual step of importing the vaccine from overseas. Unfortunately this means that the costs are significantly higher than normal.

We will absolutely be charging a lower price for our patients when we are able to get a supply from GlaxoSmithKline. Another reason for going ahead and arranging a supply from overseas was that they are unable to tell us when this may be. The official response is "Summer 2016". When supplies resume there is also likely to be strict quotas and so the shortage does not appear likely to be over quickly.

I hope this explains the reasons for the high cost at the moment. If you are on our mailing list we will definitely let you know when we have a UK supply and the cost is reduced.

[mummy_fulham]

Thanks for contacting us about the meningitis B vaccine. I know it is terribly expensive at the moment. As has already been mentioned on this board the manufacturer (GlaxoSmithKline) is not releasing any supplies for private vaccinations. This does apply equally whether the vaccination is done by an NHS or private GP.

We are a private practice and look after many children and newborns. Many of our children had received only 1 dose of the vaccine before the shortage and needed their boosters as soon as possible, and our newborn patient require their newborn immunisations. Hence we took the unusual step of importing the vaccine from overseas. Unfortunately this means that the costs are significantly higher than normal.

We will absolutely be charging a lower price for our patients when we are able to get a supply from GlaxoSmithKline. Another reason for going ahead and arranging a supply from overseas was that they are unable to tell us when this may be. The official response is "Summer 2016". When supplies resume there is also likely to be strict quotas and so the shortage does not appear likely to be over quickly.

I hope this explains the reasons for the high cost at the moment. If you are on our mailing list we will definitely let you know when we have a UK supply and the cost is reduced.

[mummy_fulham]

Sorry for the double posting!

If anyone is interested the details of our vaccinations are here
http://www.coynemedical.com/services/fa ... ccination/

And I will definitely post on NVN when we are able to lower the cost.

[pie81]

You could try Prive Health - they have a clinic in Battersea and have imported the vaccine from France. I don't recall what they are charging but it's not £480 a dose!

[thepea]

Thanks Pie81- will try them

[mummy_fulham]

Sorry, just to clarify at Coyne Medical we are currently charging £240 per dose for non-members of the clinic, which includes a GP consultation, the vaccine, updating records and any follow-up required.

To put this in perspective private GP clinics in locally in Fulham and Battersea were charging £180 to £215 per dose of vaccination before the dire national shortage. Some pharmacies and travel clinics were giving the vaccine at a much lower cost.