Did you know about this consultation on unqualified people giving you unlicensed vaccines?
I’m willing to bet you didn’t.
Boris Johnson’s government is consulting on a plan to allow unqualified non-medical staff to administer unlicensed – and therefore possibly dangerous – vaccines to us. Covid-19 is the reason provided for the change but it would not be restricted to treatments for that disease.
If these unlicensed vaccines damage our health, the plan is that we will not have the right to seek compensation if we did not object to the plan. In other words, this change would allow the government to pump us full of unlicensed drugs, that could affect us in who knows how many ways, with absolutely no responsibility for the consequences.
And, of course, the plan is that nobody (or at least not enough people) will even know this consultation is taking place.
As I stated at the top of this article – I’m willing to bet you didn’t.
The consultation began on August 28 and closes on September 18 – so there isn’t much time left if you want to make your opinion known.
I’ve had a look at the online version and the language is practically impenetrable. I think the Plain English Society would have a fit if its members saw it.
The cover page (for want of a better description) describes the purpose of the proposed new law as
- authorising temporary supply of an unlicensed product
- civil liability and immunity
- expanding the workforce eligible to administer vaccinations
- promoting vaccines
- making provisions for wholesale dealing of vaccines
Technically it may be accurate – but it doesn’t tell you exactly what is being proposed, and that is the problem here.
The consultation document itself states:
If there is a compelling case, on public health grounds, for using a vaccine before it is given a product licence, given the nature of the threat we face, the JCVI [Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation – an independent, arms-length organisation, which means the Tory government can deny any responsibility if its recommendations cause a disaster] may take the very unusual step of advising the UK government to use a tested, unlicensed vaccine against COVID-19, and we need to make sure that the right legislative measures are in place to deal with that scenario.
It says the main policy objects are to
[enable] the licensing authority to temporarily authorise the supply of an unlicensed medicinal product for use in response to certain specific types of public health threat, including the suspected spread of pathogens. [Increase] the scope of immunity from civil liability … so that it clearly applies not just to manufacturers and healthcare professionals but also to the company placing an unlicensed medicine such as a vaccine on the market with the approval of the licensing authority.Ensure that the UK has the available workforce to administer the COVID-19 vaccine and influenza vaccine [by allowing unqualified individuals to do so].
It adds:
Someone other than a registered healthcare professional may actually be administering unlicensed vaccines – and as a basic issue of fairness, we think they should benefit from the same immunity from civil liability as a registered healthcare professional who is performing the same role.
Put it all together and you can see that this is a very dangerous plan – that proposes a large risk to public health with those creating that risk bearing absolutely no responsibility for the possible consequences.
The online page where you can respond to the consultation is here. Please visit it and provide your opinions on this plan.
There is a question about the consultation process: “What could we do better?”
I said they could try actually informing people of consultations like this. I only knew about it because a friend informed me. It should have been national news.
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Politicians are entirely unaware of what is already in place, when they say … “Ensure that the UK has the available workforce to administer the COVID-19 vaccine and influenza vaccine [by allowing unqualified individuals to do so].”…
Superdrug’s and Lloyds chemists (the ones with the degrees not just the shopworkers) give out flu jabs each year direct, not on the NHS.
I get mine free now from my GP being a pensioner. Beyond the doctor, are the nurses and the Phlebotomists (that take blood samples from you) at your GPs, who can deal with syringes.
The NHS Healthcare assistants also deal with syringes by taking blood samples, in hospitals or GP surgeries.
The syringe is a dosage of a vaccine, and that needs a properly qualified pharmacist.
This would add weight to the anti-vaxxers, who simply are the public who have lost faith in governments round the world.
No, anti-vaxxers are crazies who endanger themselves and their children.
This has American Healthcare Contract written all over it, with a dose of non-liable TTIP style thrown in for good measure.
Unless Nursing Standards have now been reduced to the US level, even training nurses cannot administer injections because of the danger of hitting a vein.
(Upper, Outer Quadrant of Buttock only in Emergency, avoiding the Sciatic nerve)
If the plan involves a “Quick Pill” then it’s effacity would be greatly reduced.
A vaccination is badly needed against Covid 19-but not at the cost of people’s health. I’m not an anti vaxxer, but vaccines need to be safe.
Having read it – it’s not an open consultation. It is aimed only at stakeholders whom the government has selected .Although it does also say they will ‘take into consideration the views of others’.
Really? Where does it say that?
“2. Targeted discussions
Even though we are happy to receive comments from anyone, the purpose of this consultation exercise is to engage directly with specific stakeholders that we have identified. The UK government will be holding discussions with those stakeholders, at which it will be going into further detail about the proposals. This consultation document has been produced to support those discussions.
and last paragraph “For those organisations with which we will be holding discussions about this document, we will be contacting you to arrange the appropriate meetings if we have not already”
So it was deliberately intended to bypass the people who are most likely to be affected. My advice remains the same: get your objections in NOW.
Glad you pointed this out, Normally i would see things like this, i have a read of it, though time wise it does not give enough time,
I am not sure that vaccines are the answer to this pandemic and absolutely didn’t know about this