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		2007-08			2008-09
		Percentage immunised with MMR (1 dose) by age:		Percentage immunised with MMR ( 1st and 2nd dose) by age:	Percentage immunised with MMR (1 dose) by age:		Percentage immunised with MMR ( 1st and 2nd dose) by age:
PCT code	PCT name	2 yrs	5 yrs	5 yrs	2 yrs	5 yrs	5 yrs
5C2	Barking and Dagenham PCT	77	76	60	73	73	55
5A9	Barnet PCT	74	74	59	80	84	82
TAK	Bexley Care Trust	72	73	51	71	78	58
5K5	Brent Teaching PCT	76	78	43	56	60	32
5A7	Bromley PCT	78	-	-	82	82	71
5K7	Camden PCT	63	73	-	72	81	51
5C3	City and Hackney Teaching PCT	-	-	-	70	67	37
5K9	Croydon PCT	77	84	64	79	87	71
5HX	Ealing PCT	77	85	67	76	85	63
5C1	Enfield PCT	74	70	45	74	78	62
5A8	Greenwich Teaching PCT	64	66	39	68	75	57
5H1	Hammersmith and Fulham PCT	86	89	69	70	81	51
5C9	Haringey Teaching PCT	-	-	-	56	71	38
5K6	Harrow PCT	80	91	66	85	93	79
5A4	Havering PCT	77	82	67	77	82	68
5AT	Hillingdon PCT	75	71	-	81	83	70
5HY	Hounslow PCT	-	-	-	67	80	53
5K8	Islington PCT	69	75	43	74	83	50
5LA	Kensington and Chelsea PCT	86	65	-	86	79	63
5A5	Kingston PCT	83	86	76	86	85	77
5LD	Lambeth PCT	-	-	-	74	83	63
5LF	Lewisham PCT	61	67	45	74	79	51
5C5	Newham PCT	70	70	42	88	89	80
5NA	Redbridge PCT	-	-	-	79	79	66
5M6	Richmond and Twickenham PCT	78	73	61	86	96	82
5LE	Southwark PCT	65	73	51	75	77	55
5M7	Sutton and Merton PCT	78	78	68	84	86	79
5C4	Tower Hamlets PCT	78	87	66	82	90	79
5NC	Waltham Forest PCT	78	79	49	84	86	72
5LG	Wandsworth PCT	-	-	-	86	82	71
5LC	Westminster PCT	-	-	-	88	94	81
Note: Some PCTs were not able to provide figures due to problems relating to implementation of new Child Health Systems.

NHS: Drugs

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Billericay of 5 November 2009, Official Report, column 1168W, on drugs, when he expects to receive the report from Professor Sir Mike Richards; and whether he plans to publish the findings of that investigation before April 2010. [313912]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: We expect to receive the report from Professor Sir Mike Richards shortly. A date has not yet been set for publication.

Prescription Drugs

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will issue guidance on liability in cases where a drug automatically generically substituted by a pharmacist adversely affects a patient and that patient's GP has not informed the pharmacist that such adverse effects are likely; [314185]

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(2) what assessment has been made of the effect of implementation of proposals for automatic generic substitution of medicines on the workload of (a) clinicians, (b) pharmacists, (c) nurse prescribers and (d) other health professionals; and if he will make a statement. [314190]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: In developing the proposals and analysis set out in the consultation document "The proposals to implement 'Generic Substitution' in primary care, further to the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS) 2009" and its associated partial impact assessment, published on 5 January 2010, the Department was informed by information from stakeholders, including concerns relating to liability. Under the Department's preferred approach (option 3), there are mechanisms for ensuring that patients continue to receive the most appropriate treatment.

Therefore, we believe the liability risks associated with the proposed generic substitution arrangements should not be any greater than under current prescribing and dispensing arrangements. The Department has not issued guidance on liability for prescribing and does not anticipate that such a need will arise under the generic substitution arrangements.

The Department's assessment of the overall effect of implementation on the workload of health professionals is set out in the accompanying partial impact assessment.

We recognise that further evidence may be available in relation to both liability and impact on health professionals' workload, which is why we are holding a full public consultation, to which all those with an interest can input, including patients. The consultation document and partial impact assessment can be found on the Department's website at:

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