My DD had been given the wrong vaccinations by our GP-I am FURIOUS

[majormoo]

Our DD is 2.5. She had, what we thought were standard, injections at 2,3 and 4 months old. We have today received a letter from the Brighton and Hove health authority saying that infants at our GP were given the wrong combination of vaccines-they accidentally combined some of the jabs. We now have to go to an emergency clinic on Saturday for DD to be given Meningitis C and Pediacel injections, as they think she has reduced immunity as jabs were given incorrectly TWO YEARS AGO. We will know more on Saturday at the clinic, but I am absolutely furious. They are not sure what the effects are when the vaccines are combined. We have had a locum GP for months now, which is not a surprise now all this had come out. Just had to rant about this.

i don't know how they managed to do that - the five in one comes ready made, and so did the previous four in one. And men C is given at the same time anyway. Very strange. And extremely annoying.

That is appalling and sounds like you need clariication asap. Is there a helpline number on the letter ? What is Pediacel, not come across it myself afaik, and Meningitis C vaccine isn't standard in some parts of Europe so hopefully the situation isn't serious. If you can't get any answers from NHS or Primary Care Trust how about contacting the Argus or local radio station - they'd love a story like this.

well from what I can gather so far (I am at work, DH read the letter at home)Pediacel is the combined vaccine that they all have. Our GP gave the Meningitus C vaccine in one injection with these, which he should not have done. There is a helpline which DH has rung, but I think we really need to wait til Saturday to get more answers. Like why has it taken over two years to come to light. Poor DD is going to hate having 2 big jabs on Saturday.

i thought Men C was given at the same time routinely - maybe i'm wrong.
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Men C is given at the same time as the five in one, according to www.immunisation.nhs.co.uk. so I don't understand the problem. I don't get how the GP managed to put the Men C into the five in one jab, so that she got one single injection, very strange, but even if he did, as they are given at the same time i don't quite get the problem. I would be asking serious questions and getting answers, don't let them fob you off.

Have spoken to a Helpline. Apparently he did it to save the kids having to have 2 jabs, trying to be kind!!!. I don't really know how it all works, but she should have had 2 vaccines, one in each leg. He mixed them together in 1 shot and this is the problem. It has been going on since 2000 and 150 kids are affected. It only came to light when a mother complained to her health visitor and the Primary Care Trust investigated. It is only 1 of the reasons he is not working at the moment, so there is obviously other stuff going on as well.

The way the jabs are given at my local surgery, 2 lots cannot be mixed.

I suspect that if the Men. C jab is mixed with the others that the efficacy of one or another vaccine is compromised; otherwise they would just mix them all up routinely. E.g., certain preservatives ok for one vaccine may interfere with proteins in another.

So the main risk would be that she hasn't been properly protected all this time from one or more diseases.

But she hasn't been ill from any of the diseases I suppose? And soon she will be protected, so if it were me, I wouldn't be worried, mm, just slightly irked at the inconvenience/extra stress of the extra jab.

Where do you live, mm?

We live in Brighton. The Helpline were reassuring about it mszebra, and said exactly what you did i.e. she isn't protected from the diseases but mixing the jabs up shouldn't in itself cause a problem.They just don't work. She has not been ill or anything.

She isn't going to be very impressed at having 2 injections on Saturday and then another a month later. She loves playing doctors and nurses as well!

The GP hasn't been there for nearly a year, so it has taken a long time for them to go public about it but I suppose these investigations take time.

that's appoling. i can't believe that really happened to you and it's taken two years for them to finally find out whats gone on and get back to you. it's doctors like that that are making parents worry all the more about vaccinating their little ones. i've had a lot of medical problems go wrong with my dd and i wish that i'd complained at the time but i was more interested in trying to help her recover.

that is bad. he should have known better. at least he's not working now!

Majormoo, that is shocking. Mszebra is right that the main risk should be the lack of protection.

I'd like to find out a bit more about this (for my day job)... tried to CAT you but you aren't accepting. Would you CAT me?

er never attempted to CAT someone before but will give it a go

Sorry, it's contact another talker, next to the 'useful stuff' line at the top of the page.

Sorry, it's contact another talker, next to the 'useful stuff' line at the top of the page.

oops! If you click on it, it allows you to unbar yourself so I can CAT you if you'd rather.

I think I've changed it so I can receive them now. Will wait and see!!!!

cheers MM, have sent a CAT message. Took ds for his final mumps jab (single vax) on Saturday but he had a cold so his temperature was slightly up and they said better rearrange. Hope they actually give him one that works...