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Depo Provera

Volume 976: debated on Thursday 20 December 1979

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Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many women were given a Depo Provera injection following post-partum rubella vaccination in National Health Service hospitals at the latest date for which figures are available;

  • (2) what advice has been issued by his Department on the administration of Depo Provera to nursing mothers; what are the risks involved; whether any research has been undertaken on the effects of Depo Provera on the infants of nursing mothers; and if he will make a statement;
  • (3) what is his Department's policy on the use of Depo Provera following postpartum rubella vaccination in National Health Service hospitals.