Yellow Card scheme should be mandatory, says former minister

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By Rhiannon James and Harry Taylor, PA Media

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”.