where can i get single mmr jabs in dorset?

[tweenyb]

I know I have to pay but where can I get single doses of mmr jabs done in dorset?
Please help if you can as my Dr is not helpful about this at all.
Thanks

[sandyRoe]

If they're done separately doesn't it leave the child at greater risk?

[ummmm]

No Sandy. They are just given as single injections instead of mixed together and given as one.

[tweenyb]

Not if done accurately spaced and the child is kept from certain situations. My nephews didn't develop autism til they had their mixed vaccine so I won't risk it

[boxtops]

Tweeny, I'm not in your area but I have two suggestions - firstly contact the PALS service at your Primary Care Trust in Dorchester who may be able to advise, or your local Health Protection Unit to see if you can be referred to a GP or clinic who would do it privately for you. I'm not surprised if your GP is not helpful since the GPs' instruction is to provide the combined vaccine to children in their care.

Dorset Health Protection Team
Dorset PCT
Victoria House, Princes Road,
Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9JR
01202 851272
www.hpa.org.uk/dorset_somerset



I wouldn't know if single jabs are available in your area, but you are right, you would have to pay, they are not available on the NHS since the combined vaccine is now deemed safe http://www.nhs.uk/con...ges/introduction.aspx

[sandyRoe]

Wasn't there some crackpot researcher who suggested the MMR jab was linked to autism? As a result some parents spread the jabs out over time and there was an increase in the diseases.

[sandyRoe]

Hasn't the theory that there is a link between MMR and autism now been discredited?

[Sqad]

sandy Dr Andrew Wakefield.....since been struck off the medical Register.

[ummmm]

I think that more to do with the fact that parents stopped giving them the jab altogether.

[ojread2]

I thought this connection had be done and dusted and proven wrong?

[boxtops]

Yes sandy, a doctor spouting information as long ago as 1998 which scared millions of people but which has now been completely discredited and all reports withdrawn as fraudulent as late as last year. It has taken quite a while for parents to start having confidence in the combined jab again.

Interestingly, wiki says that in Japan, you can only get single dose, but autism continues to rise
"In Japan, the MMR vaccination has been discontinued, with single vaccines being used for each disease. Rates of autism diagnosis have continued to increase, showing no correlation with the change.[41]"

There is a small risk with every intervention but there is now generally believed to be no evident link.

[johnny37]

Cannot understand why your GP is being unhelpful. Even if he is unwilling to administer a particular authorised NHS treatment himself Im sure he is required by law to refer you to someone who is (maybe even in the same practice), It should not be too expensive if done privately. Boots only charge £12.99 for a flu jab. Incidentally, I dont believe there is any proof whatsoever that the combined jab causes autism.

[JonnyBoy12]

How much does it cost then? I thought that this would be free within the N.H.S.. Do I stand corrected then?

[boxtops]

Jonny, the combined jab is free in the NHS, the NHS doesn't provide single jabs any more as there the evidence states that the combined one is more cost-effective, and it works.

[tweenyb]

RRegardless my health visitors all agree that it is wise to have seperate jabs especially with my nephew developing autism after jabs. People still being sued in states and Australia due to autism stidies.

[cathfromsaron]

we had ours through paeds at local private hospital x

[jake-the-peg]

Seriously?

You have actual health visitors spreading this blithering nonesense?

I am totally shocked

If their bosses knew they were saying this they'd be in a whole world of trouble - I'll look up this claim about law suits in Australia but I'm pretty sure it'll turn out to be nonsense

[bednobs]

boxtops - "the combined vaccine is now deemed safe" ... it was ALWAYS deemed safe!

[bednobs]

perhaps the HV's are saying it's better to have the separate jabs than none at all. I agree though, if these HV are RECOMMENDING the seperate jabs, i'm sure their bosses don't know, and they would be in big trouble if they did

[jake-the-peg]

OK the 3 cases in the US claiming MMR caused autism were thrown out 5 years ago. There was a sucessful case with a different unrelated side effect.

I haven't found anything about Australia

[cathfromsaron]

we will never be able to have the single mumps one because the government has banned all single imports, so beware of this route!

have only had the measles one so far because grandson is male and doesn't need the rubella

BUT am considering the full MMR now he is older and stronger, to ensure he can't get mumps and become infertile or bring back rubella to his own wife in the future!

cath x