FURIOUS parents say they are not getting information they need about when their child will get the potentially life-saving swine flu jab.

Mums and dads are being left in the dark after it was revealed GPs are not willing to give the injection to healthy youngsters due to a row over increased workload.

The Government is now urging primary care trusts to put measures in place to enable nurses and other trained professionals to deliver the shots if necessary. But parents say they have no idea what is going on.

Stacey Mclaughlin, 26, said. “The issue needs to be sorted. We were told children under five would get the jab before Christmas. That doesn’t seem likely now. It’s not on.”

James Duddridge, MP for Rochford and Southend East, added: “It seems ludicrous the welfare of our children, is being put at risk because of squabbling adults.”

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