daughter given mmr after i said no -what should i do

[karenanne]

hi all
my dd whos 4 in march had her preschool booster on friday it wasnt until i got home and read her red book did irealise she was given the mmr 'booster' ..thing is i had it put on her notes at my old gps that i didnt want her to have this also her mmr at age 1 was signed in her book ...so why didnt my new gp query this at the time.im very angry that this has happened but my dp says we cant complain as we should have asked what she was having at the time.
both my brother and my dps sister had bad reactions to this jab which is why we didnt want our daughter to have it.my brother ended up being hospitalized for two weeks after his.
should i complain ,just notify them i didnt want her to have it and that it was on her notes or just leave it ,i know nothing can be done now as its in her system .

sorry meant it wasnt signed in her book at age 1 ...should have previewed before posting

Speak to your local Community Health Council who should be able to help or your health visitor should be able to point you in the right direction.

they are supposed to tell you exactly what they are giving and you have to give your approval at each jab session.
If this wasn't done then you may have grounds for complaint...

I'd probably be tempted to phone the gp and explain that you hadn't realised that MMR would be given as it was in your notes that it wouldn't be given, explain your concerns re reactions and check whether there are any precautions you should take. You're alerting your Gp to the fact that there was a problem without necessarily blaming them. However I think that I have some sympathy with your dp - aren't they two separate jabs (one for MMR and one for tetanus)? I think I would have queried it - sounds as if dd is very compliant - I'm not looking forward to mine having the booster - at least before they were too young to complain much. I can't see how I will get ds to sit through 2 jabs (I even wimped out of the hib booster!).

COMPLAIN!!!! I would (although my surgery know they aren't allowed to put a jab anywhere near my kids).

I would just write a letter to your GP and copied to the PCT stating that you hadn't wanted the jab to be given and you don't want any further jabs given without consent.

Then if your dd does have a reaction - it is good to have written a letter before the start of any reaction if you see what I mean.

I would contact JABS maybe as well and ask them who to complain to.

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I have to agree with Harman. If it was that important, why didn't you query what they were jabbing into your dd. Though I do agree that the gp should have told you what they were giving your dd. Mine (or actually the practice nurse who gives the jabs) always gives me the "adverse reactions" sheet to read first and then tells me what she is giving and I think has even had me read the label on the bottle too.

When ds2 had his MMR last week the nurse asked me what it was I thought that they would be giving him. This was their way of checking that:

(a) They were giving him the right injection;

and

(b) That I fully understood what they would be doing.

I would guess that each surgery would have their own method of checking but I'm surprised that yours didn't.

In Karenanne's defence, they are a little cagey about MMR boosters these days. They put so many different vaccines in the same jab and then just say to the mother 'this one is very important'. I've heard them simply called 'boosters' - I think MMr is becoming a dirty word.

If no one told you what was being given then definitely make a formal complaint.

In our surgery it depends who does it. Nurses are quite vocal, doctors say not a word. Odd, really.

In my surgery they make you read it and sign to say you know what is being given.

I do think it is odd to let your child be vaccinated without insisting on all the info first.