Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 8100

Coronavirus: Vaccination

Tabled: 9 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Sir Christopher Chope

ConservativeChristchurch

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the MHRA uses observed analyses instead of expected analyses in assessing the safety of Covid-19 vaccines.

Answer

The Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency uses both observed and expected analysis in their assessment of safety signals for COVID-19 vaccines. Data obtained from the spontaneous Yellow Card reporting system, through which patients, public an...

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