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Capital Catch-Up MMR .. through School

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Twiglett · 29/11/2004 21:39

Anybody else got one of these forms from the school .. you have to consent / or not consent to your child getting vaccinated at school now

what do you think

(It only seems to be for London BTW)

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paolosgirl · 29/11/2004 22:29

The Trust will be under Govt instructions to improve the take-up rate in their area. This is certainly one way of doing it, but by God, I'd be furious if that happened at my kids school, and would boycott it.
And this from Mr Blair who still refuses to confirm if Leo had the triple

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Twiglett · 29/11/2004 22:29

I have definitely NOT given consent to this .. I know I can take him to the clinic .. its what I've been doing to get him immunised already .. I took a long time to decide what was right for my children and chose the SepVax for MMR for well-researched reasons as well as family history

One of my main points in this form is there is no space to document SepVax so there is no way they have the right stats on whether herd immunity is acheived in this borough or not

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janeybops · 29/11/2004 22:30

When this sort of thing happens only those children who have consent would be called to the room where the jabs are taking place. I would be extremely surprised if anyone was injected by 'accident'

onlyjoking9329 · 29/11/2004 22:31

thats disgraceful i would deffo keep my kids off for that day

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Twiglett · 29/11/2004 22:32

I wish I had your confidence janeybops ... I know of a case where a HV gave MMR to a child who had been sepvaxed then breezily said 'right that's MMR booster done' .. the mother was in shock about it

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Twiglett · 29/11/2004 22:32

child was sitting on mum's knee at the time .. she'd gone in for a TB shot BTW

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paolosgirl · 29/11/2004 22:33

Janeybobs, don't be too sure. I took dh for one of her vaccinations and HV had looked at notes, saw she hadn't had her MMR (had them singly) and had prepared the MMR FFS. It was only when I checked what it was she was being given that the HV discovered her mistake.

janeybops · 29/11/2004 22:34

I haven't had my form yet so not aware of its content, but I am aware they are being sent out later this week.

TBH I am due to take dd for her booster this week - may put it off so she can have it done in school - let them deal with her! Last jab she cried for an hour and half!!!!

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Twiglett · 29/11/2004 22:34

And I turned up at an appointment for DD's DTaP (after 6 weeks of letters, discussions and phone calls we had agreement to DTaP and not DTwP) only to find the jabs sitting on the table were the wrong ones

(The 5 in one was announced 2 days after DD started her primary jabs .. and I fought tooth and nail for inactivated polio and DTaP)

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janeybops · 29/11/2004 22:34

btw that was a joke!!

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Twiglett · 29/11/2004 22:36

janybops is walking on thin ice .. I did think you meant it then .. glad you mentioned it was a joke

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janeybops · 29/11/2004 22:36

In primary school it is usually the welfare who organises these things and that enables to stay in the classroom with the rest.

misdee · 29/11/2004 22:36

poor kids. the only jabs i had done without parent present was ones at secondry school.

paolosgirl · 29/11/2004 22:36

Glad you added that Janeybops!!

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janeybops · 29/11/2004 22:38

Yes I am really looking forward to it, as for some strange reason I have booked them both in. One for MMR and the other for MMR booster.

Think I had a bit of a brainstorm when I booked that.

janeybops · 29/11/2004 22:40

OH, in my school the welfare is in charge and organises it all. People are shipped in for the actual injecting bit

Gobbledigook · 29/11/2004 22:41

Dinny - there is a mumps outbreak round here at the moment. I'm keeping my 13 wk old ds indoors at all times! I'm going to be a paranoid wreck until he's had his MMR and that's a whole year away.

I was convinced he had measles last night and was s*ing myself. His rash seems to have gone so it was probably just viral as all my kids have got horrendous coughs at the mo.

janeybops · 29/11/2004 22:43

I am paranoid about ds at mo coz he hasn't been 'done'. My dad is blind in one eye coz of measles and I know someone who is almost deaf coz of it....

Gobbledigook · 29/11/2004 22:44

I'm not going out this winter - dh has gone to do a 5 month shop for me

janeybops · 29/11/2004 22:46

I couldn't believe when they wouldn't give it to him when I had my daughter's previous appointment. They said he was too young but was only 4 days away from being 12 months. But no they have made me wait till he was over 12 months which has meant a 1 month delay coz they didn't have any appointments.

jabberwocky · 29/11/2004 23:26

Twiglett, I would definitely keep ds home that day just to be on the safe side. We have opted for singles but just found out there is a year waiting list so my ds will be about 8 months behind getting started. I still prefer that to the MMR though.

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Twiglett · 30/11/2004 07:41

The younger they have MMR the less effective it is Janeybops .. there's some argument that you should wait till after 15 or 18 months anyway

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