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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rhiannon James

Reporting of vaccine side-effects should be mandatory – Tory former minister

Tory former minister Esther McVey (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Archive)

The reporting of vaccine side-effects should be made mandatory, a Conservative former minister said, as she criticised a culture of secrecy at the medicines regulator.

Esther McVey said there was a “gross underreporting” of the unintended impacts of vaccines, and said the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) was in need of “substantial reform”.

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