Labyrinthine Covid booster system is the real reason for delays | Letters

Guardian readers share their frustrations at trying to obtain a third coronavirus vaccination

Having read your report (No 10 concerned as 4.5 million eligible people fail to get Covid jab boosters, 2 November), I wonder how many people's experience mirrors mine? I received a letter from the NHS advising me to contact my GP about a booster, as I am it seems clinically vulnerable, as well as being elderly. My GP could not take action, having run out of vaccines and not knowing when there would be a further supply. The NHS letter told me that - presumably because of my medical condition - I am not able to book a vaccination via the NHS website or phone. Doubtless the same applies to the new walk-in centres. I am not sitting on my hands and ignoring the call. If the government is serious about getting people like me a third jab, perhaps it should look closer to home for the reasons for delay, rather than seeking to shift blame.
Valerie Bayliss
Sheffield

To read that No 10 is concerned that folk are failing to get their booster has got me totally incensed! About three weeks ago I had an email, followed a few days later by a letter, saying that, as my immune system may be compromised, I had to have a third jab and must contact my GP. I did and was told to contact 119. No joy there, nor on the website, which says that I am not yet eligible. As a 73-year-old with other underlying conditions, I really would like my booster. I am now past the six-months-plus-one-week date, and still can't make an appointment. Our son has told me now just to turn up somewhere and hope!
Christine Lomax
Mellor, Greater Manchester