It can. It's just not recommended.
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davids
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Going back 20+ years it wasn't available in the UK Our GP told us we'd have to go to a European country,which was handy as we were moving to France.Any idea why it's not recommended? Just read this on the NHS site:
The delay between the 6 separate injections required could put more children at risk of developing measles, mumps or rubella, as well as increase the risk of side effects. ???
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It was from 2016, at which point there was a (frankly absurd) upper limit on the number of highly skilled migrants companies could hire per year.
You still can't get them separately on the NHS as standard. A number of reasons for it not being available: cost for 3 separate jabs, no evidence basis to suggest any benefit of having them done separately vs combined, easier to manage in one instance (consent forms, time factors etc).
davids
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Going back they were separated,think it might have helped diffuse the anti vaccine movement if they did offer them. Rubella going back then was a separate vaccination for teenage girls. Sad when it all comes down to money.
There's no evidence to suggest that separately is any better, from a practical perspective, it's easier to do it as one - both for parents and administration. If it were clinically beneficial to have them done separately then the decision would be different.
While money does come into it, it's completely impractical and illogical to administer them separately when the combined jab is available.
NilSatisOptimum
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Not that I recommend, however, if you have private consultation and private prescription it's easier enough to attain as it averts NICE guidelines but I suppose cost becomes an issue. It was more common down in the south east compared to where I live now in mid Wales, probably because of private set ups and their prescribing professionals happy to ignore NICE, where there is money to be made there is always a way.
spectateur
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What's this go to do with Brexit?
roydo
in memoriam - 1965-2024
I was wondering that. I assumed that the EU had banned it, or made it compulsory, or made the jab in Poland and made it blue.
roydo
in memoriam - 1965-2024
Just musing, listening to the news, and I reckon @Bruce Wayne might have the answer. But with this Cornetto virus now in Italy, is there some EU medical protocol that kinda kicks in so we all cooperate and dont have to wear face masks for the next 2 years?
The World Health Organisation tends to be in charge. There's the European Centers for Disease Control, which is broadly equivalent to the US version - https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/novel-coronavirus-china - but they tend to provide support and guidance rather than anything prescriptive.
roydo
in memoriam - 1965-2024
Oh. So we cant blame leavers then. Fair enough.
While it might be good to share the learning across member states about infection, the UK leads on a lot of this work.
Also, the EU demands that every country in the EU signs up to the EPP (EU pandemic programme), but as it's not yet been declared a pandemic the EMA European Medical Agency) haven't started proactively vaccinating people or preparing countries with the necessary drugs and equipment and worse still aren't supporting the Italians because state aid rules about pharmaceuticals forbid it.
On this issue, member states pay millions into the EU health programme who then dictate to the national immunisation advisory Groups (NITAGs) when and what they can do, which in practical terms like this is problematic because it's a lot of red tape.
Definitely one benefit for being out of the Union I'd say. Assuming the UK takes the necessary steps to proactively prepare for it getting worse
I might have made all of this up
It is quite interesting that on their website they have a map labeled the EU and UK. I shed a little tear.
roydo
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Mad that. Did they have Dads Army arrows on it as well?
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