Man accidentally invited for Covid vaccine because NHS believed he was just 6cm tallA man in his thirties with no underlying health conditions was accidentally offered a Covid vaccination because he was incorrectly registered as 6cm tall.
Liam Thorp, 32, was surprised to receive a text telling him he had been offered an appointment for his first jab.
Mr Thorp, a journalist at the Liverpool Echo, decided to give his GP a call and find out if there had been a mix-up.
They informed him he had been invited for the vaccine due to his weight, which they had registered as amounting to morbid obesity.
The journalist, who was under the impression this information was inaccurate, was left confused.
His doctor's surgery called back the next day to confirm there had been a mix-up. Mr Thorp said the phone call was one of the most "bizarre phone calls of [his] life".
Recalling the conversation in an article for the Liverpool Echo, he wrote: "A nervous sounding chap on the line began quietly explaining to me that there had been a mix-up in offering me a vaccine.
Mr Thorp added: ”He said, unfortunately, my details had been put into the system incorrectly when I had registered with the GP just a year ago.
"He was really polite and very apologetic but said I was in fact not due to get my vaccine anytime soon."
Mr Thorp was curious to know more about the error.
