– Scottish Parliament written question – answered at on 24 January 2003.
Question S1W-32912
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W- 31190 by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 November 2002, when thimerosal will be eradicated from all vaccines in Scotland.
Manufacturers are being encouraged to phase out the use of thiomersal in vaccines, as a purely precautionary measure. It is anticipated that thiomersal-free vaccines will be considered for provision in the routine childhood immunisation programme after they have been licensed for use in the UK and have demonstrated that they are as effective in protecting children against the real risk presented by vaccine-preventable diseases as the vaccines that are currently used.
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