Maintain pressure on reforms to protect NHS
Angela Goodall
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Comment on: DH director of immunisation tells nurses they have a 'duty' to have swine flu jab
I can only agree with the above comments - evidence-based is how we work, and evidence-based is how I will decide on what interventions I agree to for myself! I AM asthmatic, I do have the seasonal flu vaccine each year, but so far will not be partaking of the swine flu vaccine - back to paragraph one... I have not yet seen sufficient information for me to be able to aid 'informed consent' for my patients - perhaps risk groups I can justify but certainly not the whole population! I will NOT be 'told' by some professor that I owe it to my patients to be immunised! What if I'm the one of many...? who have Guillain-Barre syndrome and I'm then off sick for weeks or months - how will that benefit my patients? So - the jury's still out for me. Awaiting evidence based information not somebody trying to TELL me what to do....
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Comment on: DH director of immunisation tells nurses they have a 'duty' to have swine flu jab
I can only agree with the above comments - evidence-based is how we work, and evidence-based is how I will decide on what interventions I agree to for myself! I AM asthmatic, I do have the seasonal flu vaccine each year, but so far will not be partaking of the swine flu vaccine - back to paragraph one... I have not yet seen sufficient information for me to be able to aid 'informed consent' for my patients - perhaps risk groups I can justify but certainly not the whole population! I will NOT be 'told' by some professor that I owe it to my patients to be immunised! What if I'm the one of many...? who have Guillain-Barre syndrome and I'm then off sick for weeks or months - how will that benefit my patients? So - the jury's still out for me. Awaiting evidence based information not somebody trying to TELL me what to do....
