Written question asked by Lord Jopling (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Warner (Labour) on Monday, 28 November 2005.

Smallpox Vaccination: Medical Staff

Question: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Warner on 7 September 2004 (WA 137), how many (a) doctors; (b) nurses; (c) ambulance staff; (d) scientists; and (e) others have been vaccinated for smallpox so as to enable them to deal with a terrorist attack; and how many of these have had complications leading to further treatment using vaccine immunoglobulin.

Answer: At 18 November 2005, a total of 516 people in the United Kingdom had been vaccinated against smallpox as part of our contingency planning. Of these 147 were doctors, 164 were nurses, 100 were ambulance staff, 32 were scientists and 73 held other related healthcare occupations.None of these had adverse complications that required vaccinia immunoglobulin.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 676 c12-3WA; 2369
Session: 2005-06
Related items: Health: Smallpox Vaccine
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Subjects: Biological weapons Doctors Nurses Terrorism Vaccination Side effects Smallpox Paramedical staff Scientists
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk