Royal College of Physicians’ influence on vaccination policy
Thank you for your response Professor Goddard.
Dear Ms Hart
The Censors’ role is one around education and occasionally disciplining of fellows and members. The Censors have nothing to do with deciding RCP positions on such issues as this. Like me, Dr Vaux has an over flowing inbox and am not convinced that copying her in is needed.
I hope you can understand this.
Best wishes
Andrew
Dear Elizabeth
Thanks for coming back to us for clarification. That is the right address for Professor Conlon, yes, who I know is happy to talk to you. He may well want to put your questions to the committee as a whole.
Best
Dan
Dear Professor Goddard, further to previous correspondence, below, re transparency and accountability for the RCP’s joint specialty committee on infectious diseases.
It remains problematic that the names, qualifications and areas of infectious diseases experience of all the members of this committee are not publicly accessible.
I intend to contact the Chair of this committee, Professor Chris Conlon, as you have indicated he is comfortable with his name being shared.
This webpage contains contact details for Professor Conlon, and some brief background details: https://www.tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk/team/chris-conlon
My questions for Professor Conlon are relevant to both UK and international vaccination schedules/policy.
Can you please confirm it is appropriate to contact Professor Conlon via this email address? [email protected]
I look forward to your response.
Kind regards
Elizabeth Hart
Independent citizen investigating conflicts of interest in vaccination policy and the over-use of vaccine products
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 8:55 PM Dan Sumners <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Elizabeth
Many thanks for your response. Your opinion has been noted and will be taken into consideration as we progress with the work we outlined below.
Best
Dan
From: Elizabeth Hart <[email protected]>
Sent: 09 August 2019 12:22
To: Andrew Goddard <[email protected]>
Cc: Dan Sumners <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Royal College of Physicians’ influence on vaccination policy
For the attention of:
Professor Andrew Goddard
President of the Royal College of Physicians
Dear Professor Goddard, you previously advised me the Royal College of Physicians“prides itself on its evidence based approach”. (Email dated 16 July 2019.)
‘Evidence’ is worthless without transparency and accountability.
In regards to the RCP’s joint specialty committee on infectious diseases, it is vital that the identity, qualifications and affiliations, and potential conflicts of interest of the Chair and members of this committee are publicly accessible. Period of membership of this committee should also be disclosed.
I understand members of this committee are influential on the RCP’s position on vaccination policy, an important matter of public interest which is also very controversial. This is increasingly so with ongoing calls for compulsory vaccination around the world, and for censoring of citizens’ free discussion of vaccination matters.
Government mandating of an ever-increasing schedule of vaccine products and revaccinations, along with moves to curtail citizens’ right to question vaccination policy and practice, are highly alarming prospects in our liberal democracies.
Citizens such as myself are demanding transparency and accountability for vaccination policy and practice, this is a very important international political issue.
I have some matters relevant to international vaccination policy to raise with the RCP’s JSC on infectious diseases. People who sit on this committee must be made aware they have an obligation to be transparent and accountable for their influence on matters affecting vaccination policy – their names, qualifications and affiliations, and any potential conflicts of interest must be publicly disclosed.
Please reconsider this matter Professor Goddard, and provide full transparency and accountability for the RCP’s joint specialty committee on infectious diseases.
I look forward to your response on this matter. This is a matter of public interest and I intend to share this correspondence with other parties.
Kind regards
Elizabeth Hart
Independent citizen investigating conflicts of interest in vaccination policy and the over-use of vaccine products
Dear Professor Goddard, further to previous correspondence, below, re transparency and accountability for the RCP’s joint specialty committee on infectious diseases.
It remains problematic that the names, qualifications and areas of infectious diseases experience of all the members of this committee are not publicly accessible.
I intend to contact the Chair of this committee, Professor Chris Conlon, as you have indicated he is comfortable with his name being shared.
This webpage contains contact details for Professor Conlon, and some brief background details: https://www.tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk/team/chris-conlon
My questions for Professor Conlon are relevant to both UK and international vaccination schedules/policy.
Can you please confirm it is appropriate to contact Professor Conlon via this email address? [email protected]
I look forward to your response.
Kind regards
Elizabeth Hart
Independent citizen investigating conflicts of interest in vaccination policy and the over-use of vaccine products
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 8:55 PM Dan Sumners <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Elizabeth
Many thanks for your response. Your opinion has been noted and will be taken into consideration as we progress with the work we outlined below.
Best
Dan
From: Elizabeth Hart <[email protected]>
Sent: 09 August 2019 12:22
To: Andrew Goddard <[email protected]>
Cc: Dan Sumners <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Royal College of Physicians’ influence on vaccination policy
For the attention of:
Professor Andrew Goddard
President of the Royal College of Physicians
Dear Professor Goddard, you previously advised me the Royal College of Physicians“prides itself on its evidence based approach”. (Email dated 16 July 2019.)
‘Evidence’ is worthless without transparency and accountability.
In regards to the RCP’s joint specialty committee on infectious diseases, it is vital that the identity, qualifications and affiliations, and potential conflicts of interest of the Chair and members of this committee are publicly accessible. Period of membership of this committee should also be disclosed.
I understand members of this committee are influential on the RCP’s position on vaccination policy, an important matter of public interest which is also very controversial. This is increasingly so with ongoing calls for compulsory vaccination around the world, and for censoring of citizens’ free discussion of vaccination matters.
Government mandating of an ever-increasing schedule of vaccine products and revaccinations, along with moves to curtail citizens’ right to question vaccination policy and practice, are highly alarming prospects in our liberal democracies.
Citizens such as myself are demanding transparency and accountability for vaccination policy and practice, this is a very important international political issue.
I have some matters relevant to international vaccination policy to raise with the RCP’s JSC on infectious diseases. People who sit on this committee must be made aware they have an obligation to be transparent and accountable for their influence on matters affecting vaccination policy – their names, qualifications and affiliations, and any potential conflicts of interest must be publicly disclosed.
Please reconsider this matter Professor Goddard, and provide full transparency and accountability for the RCP’s joint specialty committee on infectious diseases.
I look forward to your response on this matter. This is a matter of public interest and I intend to share this correspondence with other parties.
Kind regards
Elizabeth Hart
Independent citizen investigating conflicts of interest in vaccination policy and the over-use of vaccine products
Dear Elizabeth
Sorry for the slow reply. We agree with the need for transparency on how we reach our evidence based conclusions so thank you for coming back to us. I am going to speak to some colleagues then will come back to you.
Best
Dan
For the attention of:
Professor Andrew Goddard
President of the Royal College of Physicians
Dear Professor Goddard
In response to my request to publicly share your response relevant to the Royal College of Physicians’ influence on vaccination policy, Dan Summers has requested I remove the last paragraph of your email identifying the Chair of the RCP’s joint specialty committee (JSC) on infectious diseases.
This is a problem Professor Goddard.
As the RCP is influencing vaccination policy there must be full transparency and accountability.
The membership of the RCP’s JSC on infectious diseases should be publicly identified, not just the Chair, but all members, so that their qualifications for this role can be examined and they can be held accountable for their influence on vaccination policy.
Can you please reconsider this matter Professor Goddard, and provide full transparency for the RCP’s JSC on infectious diseases, including any potential conflicts of interest of members of this committee.
I look forward to your response on this matter.
Please note my email will be circulated to other interested parties for information, this is a matter of public interest.
Kind regards
Elizabeth Hart
Independent citizen investigating conflicts of interest in vaccination policy and the over-use of vaccine products