Some doctors who are are struggling to meet targets for administering the MMR vaccine say that it should be up to the Government to find ways to enforce them. Immunisation levels have dropped sharply in recent years because of fears that the MMR vaccine may be associated with conditions such as autism.
Dr Mustafa Kapasi, chair of Inverclyde Local Health Care Co-operative, said measures such as barring unvaccinated children from school or nursery had been taken in other countries, including the USA. He said, 'We should not as GPs have to force people into getting vaccinations. The Government should take control of the immunisation policy and not let us be its guardian. We are family physicians and do not want to quarrel with our patients. We also don't want to feel guilty about children developing autism by chance after we have forced them to be immunised.
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