Vaccination:
Your Questions Answered

with Dr. Jayne Donegan
Monday 7th December 7.00 - 9.00 pm

The "Universal Childhood Immunisation Programme" has been credited with bringing about a massive reduction in serious childhood illnesses, but are our children actually more healthy nowadays? What other factors have contributed to the dramatic fall in rates of death and disease since the 20th century?

This evening will give you an opportunity to learn more about specific diseases and their vaccines, and gain a better understanding of the difference between natural immunity acquired after an infection, compared with vaccine-conferred immunity.

There will be plenty of time to ask questions - topics could include:

* Is swine flu vaccine effective and safe for pregnant women and babies?
* Why are once commonplace childhood diseases now seen as dangerous?
* Vaccinations start so soon after birth- is it okay to wait?
* What are the implications of combined vaccinations?
* Is there a link between vaccinations and illnesses such as asthma, autism or leukemia?
* Why is Vitamin K given to babies and do they need it?
* Does your baby need all the recommended vaccinations or can you be selective?
* Are some vaccination ingredients toxic?
* Does herd immunity guarantee public health?

Jayne Donegan qualified in medicine from St Mary's Hospital Medical School, University of London in 1983. She then worked in hospital paediatrics, neonatal intensive care, obstetrics, gynaecology and other specialities and subsequently in general practice for over 25 years. During this time she gained postgraduate qualifications in Child Health, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and General Practice. In 1990 she began to study homeopathy and is currently a practising Homeopathic Physician and a Specialist on the Faculty of Homoeopathy Register.

The Measles Rubella campaign of 1994 caused her to question the universal childhood vaccination program and triggered her research into the science behind vaccination. Some years later, following aÜtrial in which she acted as an expert witness in the High Court for two mothers who did not want to vaccinate their children, she was accused of Serious Professional Misconduct by the General Medical Council. However, after a detailed three week hearing in 2007, the GMC panel found that, far from being "Junk Science" (as an appeal judge had said) her evidence was "objective, independent and unbiased", and that "at no stage had she allowed any views that she held on the subject of immunisation to overrule her duty to the Court and the litigants". Significantly, they found that her research was based upon sound evidence from scientific, peer-reviewed journals. She now holds the interesting distinction of being the only doctor in the UK whose opinion on vaccination has been tested in extensive legal proceedings and been proved to be sound 'beyond reasonable doubt'.