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5.—(1) A contractor whose contract includes the provision of childhood immunisations must comply with the requirements in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) The contractor must—
(a)offer to provide to children all vaccines and immunisations of the type specified, and in the circumstances which are set out, in the GMS Statement of Financial Entitlements;
(b)provide appropriate information and advice to patients and, where appropriate, to the parents of patients, about such vaccines and immunisations;
(c)record in the patient's record any refusal of the offer referred to in paragraph (a);
(d)where the offer is accepted, administer the immunisations and include in the patient's record—
(i)the name of the person who gave consent to the immunisations and that person's relationship to the patient,
(ii)the batch number and expiry date of the vaccine,
(iii)the date of administration,
(iv)in a case where two vaccines are administered by injections in close succession, the route of administration and the injection site of each vaccine,
(v)any contraindications to the vaccine, and
(vi)any adverse reactions to the vaccine.
(3) The contractor must ensure that all staff involved in administering vaccines and immunisations are trained in the recognition and initial treatment of anaphylaxis.
(4) In this paragraph, “patient's record” has the same meaning as in paragraph 4.
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