UK idea - Nursery school only with vax?

[Guest guest]

The latest idea from doctor in UK

" But there's no legal compulsion to send children to nursery, so

maybe this is an area where regulation/legislation might be

appropriate: no child to attend nursery without MMR or clinical

contraindication as per Green Book. Parental choice continues: you

can choose to have your child immunised and send it to a nursery, or

you can choose not to have it immunised, but then you can't send it

to a nursery. "

English <.English@...>

06 June 2008 10:07

Measles and nurseries

As the measles epidemic in SW London rages unabated, nurseries and

playgroups are likely to be hotbeds for transmission.

I can see that there would be problems in requiring MMR vaccination

prior to attendance at school (although this is done in other

countries), because you are required to ensure that your child is

educated through school " or otherwise " - in other words, school is

virtually compulsory in England (and, I suspect, across the UK).

But there's no legal compulsion to send children to nursery, so maybe

this is an area where regulation/legislation might be appropriate: no

child to attend nursery without MMR or clinical contraindication as

per Green Book. Parental choice continues: you can choose to have

your child immunised and send it to a nursery, or you can choose not

to have it immunised, but then you can't send it to a nursery.

Any thoughts?

.

--

Dr M B English

GMC No 3002861

Consultant in Communicable Disease Control

Immunisation Coordinator for Surrey

(Leatherhead Office)

Surrey & Sussex Health Protection Unit

Health Protection Agency

http://www.hpa.org.uk/sussexandsurrey