Risk of infection vs risk of out of pocket .....
High risk group means something else here to the doctors.
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Plans to vaccinate healthy children under the age of five against swine flu are in disarray after doctors refused to sign up to a deal.GPs are already immunising people with health problems and pregnant women.
But the British Medical Association and government have ended talks on children after they failed to agree a deal.
Health visitors and district nurses are now to be asked by local NHS managers to step in - but the programme may not now start in December as planned.
However, the vaccination of the first wave groups, which also include health workers, is continuing as normal as they were covered by a deal that was brokered in early autumn.
It is thought the latest talks broke down over the amount of flexibility the government was willing to give doctors over the rest of their workload.
Negotiators had offered doctors £5.25 per dose - the same as they are getting for the first priority group.
But the BMA had argued doctors should be given leeway over fulfilling their obligations on access to appointments.
Under the terms of their contract, doctors are paid bonuses to give most patients appointments within 48 hours as well as allowing them to book in advance.
Without this, the BMA argued vaccinating 3m children during the busy winter period would leave doctors out of pocket - doctors consider young children to be time-consuming as parents often have to be reassured.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8402096.stm