I had someone expand on how medicine brand names come from quite a thorough process involving a lot of people/experts in this particular field as they need to be distinctive, not easily confused with other brand name and a whole host of other stuff before they can get approved. <--that is the tl;dr of what I read.
They must have been in one of the groups in this list (from nhs site):
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The booking system made me…sad? I chose a date and time and it said ‘Soz, no availability then. Tap to go back’ so I went back and chose another time… and got confirmations for both times 
I’ve booked gig tickets, restaurant reservations, food & drink brought to my table from 10 metres away and ordered goods online countless times through countless different systems recently and never had that issue. It’s just shit and wrong that this is the thing that’s half-arsed, you know?
As I waited in the long queue for my booster I did ponder how much time could be saved by the simple expedient of having the list of questions printed on the sheet they gave me as I waited with an instruction to read the list and then be asked just the single question "have you read the list and does anything on it apply apply to you" at the jab point?
There is a slight element of fear of legal action and/or being in trouble within the NHS that drives a few things, so sometimes simple ideas like that you would think are common sense to do aren't as someone's (usually anxious manager) has gone "Yeah, but what if...". And the fear is that 'what if?' turns out to be the illiterate person that then has an anaphylaxis shock to something you didn't ask them specifically about (shit example but you get what I mean hopefully). There are also a few legal people that will try and sue the NHS any chance they get, and even if they don't win it can be stressful and time consuming for staff.Got a booster booked for today
Luckily it’s 1050 and 1105 so not horribly inconvenient for me personally, but I’m genuinely slightly upset that it doesn’t just work properly
You can available dates on the site before you cancel your current booking and start again. However you can only check dates at the same place as your current booking. I moved mine from jan 5th to dec 23rd.
Arm still hurting today here, meh
Got a booster booked for today
Luckily it’s 1050 and 1105 so not horribly inconvenient for me personally, but I’m genuinely slightly upset that it doesn’t just work properly
I got the same message, went back and booked an appointment for an hour later, then got texts confirming both bookings and could not circumvent the online system to cancel one, nor get through on the phone. I arrived for the earlier time and suggested perhaps I could come back in an hour and be jabbed again in the other arm but no, they just crossed out the later one.Yes that exactly happened to me (with different days).
There's a link for you to "manage or cancel appointments"
When you click it, it takes you to a dead end page that says you aren't currently eligible to book an appointment
Which makes me
So I filled in the "customer satisfaction" form as many times as I could be bothered to explain that it would be useful to be able to cancel or manage appointments.
(I guess it's because I've had 2 jabs & it isn't set up to handle the booster? )
Have you heard of the two ladies who invent the names for generics? It’s getting harder to do as time goes on!
Meet the Two Women Who Give Prescription Drugs Their Generic Names
The Chicago-based women name about 200 generic drugs per year, and the naming process is very scientific … sometimes.
Yeah, especially given vaccination rates are really low in our neck of the woods.
The leaflet says it’s two jabs 28 days apart but the staff says it’s actually just this one and the leaflet needs updating.
