article_snippet: A letter has been sent to the parents of children treated at the Brierley Medical Practice, near Barnsley, revealing the vaccinations were stored incorrectly for five years.
article_snippet: Staff cannot therefore be certain that children vaccinated at the Brierley Medical Practice from January 2009 and June 2014 are adequately protected.
article_snippet: These include vaccines against polio, whooping cough, meningitis, pneumonia, measles, mumps and rubella.
article_snippet: The vaccinations given to patients will not have caused patients any harm and may have provided some protection against infections. '
article_snippet: However, as a precautionary measure and to ensure patients have the optimum protection the vaccines have to offer, all affected patients have now been encouraged to make an appointment to receive further vaccinations as required. '
article_snippet: A number of sessions for re-vaccination have been organised for registered patients throughout March.
highlights_snippet: Also included vaccines to protect against polio, whooping cough .