Separate MMR jabs at new clinics

Vaccination News Home Page

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2266906.stm

BBCi CATEGORIES   TV   RADIO   COMMUNICATE   WHERE I LIVE   INDEX    SEARCH 

BBC News UK Edition
 You are in: England  
News Front Page
World
UK
England
N Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Politics
Business
Entertainment
Science/Nature
Technology
Health
Education
-------------
Talking Point
-------------
Country Profiles
In Depth
-------------
Programmes
-------------
BBC Sport
BBC Weather
CBBC News
SERVICES
Daily E-mail
News Ticker
Mobile/PDAs
-------------
Text Only
Feedback
Help
EDITIONS
Change to World
Wednesday, 18 September, 2002, 15:49 GMT 16:49 UK
Separate MMR jabs at new clinics
 
Baby vaccinated
Parents fear the MMR vaccine may be linked to autism
 
Four new clinics in East Anglia will be offering single vaccines to replace the controversial mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) innoculation.

Children are given the triple MMR vaccine from the age of 13 months but some parents fear a possible link with autism.

Families can pay for single vaccines, but only at specialist centres.

18 months plus

Later this year a private firm, Healthchoice UK, is opening clinics offering separate immunisation with three vaccines at Cambridge and Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, Ipswich in Suffolk and Chelmsford in Essex.

The MMR three-in-one vaccine is offered free of charge on the National Health Service.

Each single vaccine costs £80 and is only available to children over 18 months old.

 

Click here to go to BBC Suffolk

Click here to go to Cambridgeshire
 
See also:

 
18 Sep 02 | Health
09 Aug 02 | Health
25 Jul 02 | Health
07 Jul 02 | Health
12 Jun 02 | Health
Internet links:

 
BBCi MMR vaccine debate
National Autistic Society
JABS


The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites
 

Top England stories now:

 
Police resume human remains search
 
Police officer guilty of assault
 
Embryo fight couples in court
 
Boy lives too high up for school
 
BBC newsreader stalker walks free
 
'Cannabis offered to police chief'
 
Six arrested under Terrorism Act
 
'Devious' leaflet writer faces prison
 

Links to more England stories are at the foot of the page.

 


 

E-mail this story to a friend

Links to more England stories
 


 

© BBC ^^ Back to top

 

News Front Page | World | UK | England | N Ireland | Scotland | Wales |
Politics | Business | Entertainment | Science/Nature | Technology |
Health | Education | Talking Point | Country Profiles | In Depth |
Programmes

 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To BBC Sport>> | To BBC Weather>> | To BBC World Service>>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
© MMII | News Sources | Privacy


 


 

Vaccination News Home Page

ALL INFORMATION, DATA, AND MATERIAL CONTAINED, PRESENTED, OR PROVIDED HERE IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS REFLECTING THE KNOWLEDGE OR OPINIONS OF THE PUBLISHER, AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED OR INTENDED AS PROVIDING MEDICAL OR LEGAL ADVICE.  THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO VACCINATE IS AN IMPORTANT AND COMPLEX ISSUE AND SHOULD BE MADE BY YOU, AND YOU ALONE, IN CONSULTATION WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.