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Dr Ilangararatne (Rapid Response) is right to pursue the Minister. HMG is asking the GPs to prescribe AND administer off label.
In a previous Rapid Response I acknowledged that the Four Chief Medical Medical Officers enjoy Crown Immunity.
Will the GPs prescribing and administering the “Vaccines” be made “Crown Servants” for the purpose of this exercise? It can be done. Whether these GPs would like to become Crown Servants to carry out such practices is a different matter.
Has the BMA any views? Have the (very few) Ethicists the courage to come out of purdah?
I see the Minister is now passing the onus as to timing of the second dose-Pfizer vaccine to GPs, [1] which is not surprising. If any GP/doctor decides to go against the vaccine manufacturer's recommendation for the second dose (by substantially exceeding 3 weeks), then it would be a case of 'off licence' prescribing. In such circumstances, the prescriber alone would be liable for any adverse event which could include consequences (in the extreme death) as a result of reduced efficacy of the vaccine. If GPs/doctors are willing to take such risks on the basis of government's advice, would the government provide any additional indemnity to those 'off licence' prescribers or would they have to turn to their own defence organisations in the event of a claim?
Alternatively, does the Minister's suggestion mean that the GPs/doctors should not have any concern whatsoever as to liability issues given the government has seemingly fully endorsed the approach of going against the manufacturer's recommendation?
Re: Covid-19 vaccine: GPs should decide whether to honour second dose appointments, says minister
Dear Editor
Dr Ilangararatne (Rapid Response) is right to pursue the Minister. HMG is asking the GPs to prescribe AND administer off label.
In a previous Rapid Response I acknowledged that the Four Chief Medical Medical Officers enjoy Crown Immunity.
Will the GPs prescribing and administering the “Vaccines” be made “Crown Servants” for the purpose of this exercise? It can be done. Whether these GPs would like to become Crown Servants to carry out such practices is a different matter.
Has the BMA any views? Have the (very few) Ethicists the courage to come out of purdah?
Competing interests: No competing interests