❓ Hon Nick Goiran questions the Minister for Health regarding the delayed release of the 2021 vaccine safety surveillance report and the significant increase in reported adverse events following immunisation compared to 2020. The Minister acknowledges the delay and the increase, stating they were briefed prior to the report's release.
AnsweredQoN 231Legislative Council
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VACCINE SAFETY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM — ANNUAL
REPORTS
231. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the Leader of the House representing
the Minister for Health:
I refer to the answer on 23 February 2023 to my question
without notice 161 in which the minister acknowledged that the Standing
Committee on Estimates and Financial Operations had been told that the Western
Australian vaccine safety surveillance: annual report 2021 was due to be
released by the end of August 2022.
(1) Why then
was the report released only in February 2023 after follow-up parliamentary
questions?
(2) Is the
minister aware that in 2020, there were 270 reports of adverse events following
more than two million immunisation doses?
(3) Is the minister aware that in 2021, there were 10 726
reports following more than five million immunisation doses?
(4) Has the
minister been briefed about this significant increase in reported adverse
events; and, if so, was this before or after the report's release?
REPORTS
231. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the Leader of the House representing
the Minister for Health:
I refer to the answer on 23 February 2023 to my question
without notice 161 in which the minister acknowledged that the Standing
Committee on Estimates and Financial Operations had been told that the Western
Australian vaccine safety surveillance: annual report 2021 was due to be
released by the end of August 2022.
(1) Why then
was the report released only in February 2023 after follow-up parliamentary
questions?
(2) Is the
minister aware that in 2020, there were 270 reports of adverse events following
more than two million immunisation doses?
(3) Is the minister aware that in 2021, there were 10 726
reports following more than five million immunisation doses?
(4) Has the
minister been briefed about this significant increase in reported adverse
events; and, if so, was this before or after the report's release?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question. I answer on behalf of the Leader of the House. The following answer
is provided on behalf of the Minister for Health.
(1) Due to the
substantially higher number of vaccinations administered in Western Australia
in 2021 and the efforts to ensure accurate and appropriate evaluation of all
reported actual and potential adverse events following immunisation,
publication of the Western Australian vaccine safety surveillance: annual
report 2021 was delayed.
(2) Yes.
(3) Yes.
(4) Yes. The
Minister for Health was briefed prior to the report's release.
question. I answer on behalf of the Leader of the House. The following answer
is provided on behalf of the Minister for Health.
(1) Due to the
substantially higher number of vaccinations administered in Western Australia
in 2021 and the efforts to ensure accurate and appropriate evaluation of all
reported actual and potential adverse events following immunisation,
publication of the Western Australian vaccine safety surveillance: annual
report 2021 was delayed.
(2) Yes.
(3) Yes.
(4) Yes. The
Minister for Health was briefed prior to the report's release.
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