Jabbed in the Back ; Doctors React with Fury After Ministers Try to Pass the Blame for the Panic Over Flu Vaccine

Daily Mail › November 23, 2005

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DOCTORS reacted with fury last night after ministers tried to blame them for a mounting flu jab crisis.

Downing Street and Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt were accused of a blatant attempt to cover up their own 'gross complacency' by claiming GPs were at fault for wasting the vaccine.

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Jabbed in the Back ; Doctors React with Fury After Ministers Try to Pass the Blame for the Panic Over Flu Vaccine

Tories said it was obvious ministers had badly underestimated the numbers eligible for vaccination on the NHS.

They also charged the Department with fuelling the crisis with confused messages over vaccination and the threat from bird flu.

Both Tony Blair's spokesm...

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