§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what long-term action his Department has taken to publicise and promote the uptake of rubella vaccinations.
§ Sir George YoungIn June this year the Department launched a long-term campaign, including appropriate national and local publicity, to increase uptake by intensifying the programme of rubella vaccination which began in 1970.
§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what provision he has made to alerting the public in the event of a rubella epidemic.
§ Sir George YoungWhere necessary, the public will be alerted as they were by a press notice in April this year, but epidemics are difficult to forecast and, in recent publicity, the Department has urged women of child-bearing age who were not vaccinated while at school to see their doctor and ask about vaccination.