Finally.
NHS staff have to have certain vaccines e.g. Hep B otherwise they can't have a job so it makes sense that they have to have this one.
Though it should only come in force in September as by then everyone of the adult population should have had their first Covid jab.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politi...could-23596454
Officials are said to be looking at whether staff who decline a jab could be compelled by law, but the debate has already thrown up both legal and moral issues - with it also unclear what would happen to continued refusers
Ministers are discussing plans to force NHS workers to have coronavirus vaccines, according to reports.
MPs are said to be looking at whether healthcare staff who decline a jab could be compelled by law, according to the Daily Mail.
But the debate has already thrown up both legal and moral issues, with it also unclear what would happen to continued refusers.
The review by officials is also thought to be considering enforcing a rule on care home workers, the newspaper said.
More than 20million people in Britain have had the first dose of a vaccine, the Government announced on Sunday.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he was "absolutely delighted" and urged people to keep coming forward for jabs.
But, according to the Daily Mail, 200,000 NHS and care employees have refused the offer of a vaccine so far.
A source told the newspaper: "It is extraordinary that so many people in the health sector appear to have turned down the vaccine."
Care UK, one of Britain's largest care home operators, announced recently that it would be operating a no jab, no job policy for new starters.
The company said: "Everyone applying for a role which requires them to go into a home will be expected to have been vaccinated before they start work."
MP Michael Gove is leading a review into the potential for vaccine passports, which is expected to be published before the final stage of lockdown is lifted on June 21.
Ministers are said to believe that forcing NHS workers and care home staff to have a vaccine could help restrictions to be lifted and cut the death toll.
NHS staff have to have certain vaccines e.g. Hep B otherwise they can't have a job so it makes sense that they have to have this one.
Though it should only come in force in September as by then everyone of the adult population should have had their first Covid jab.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politi...could-23596454
Officials are said to be looking at whether staff who decline a jab could be compelled by law, but the debate has already thrown up both legal and moral issues - with it also unclear what would happen to continued refusers
Ministers are discussing plans to force NHS workers to have coronavirus vaccines, according to reports.
MPs are said to be looking at whether healthcare staff who decline a jab could be compelled by law, according to the Daily Mail.
But the debate has already thrown up both legal and moral issues, with it also unclear what would happen to continued refusers.
The review by officials is also thought to be considering enforcing a rule on care home workers, the newspaper said.
More than 20million people in Britain have had the first dose of a vaccine, the Government announced on Sunday.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he was "absolutely delighted" and urged people to keep coming forward for jabs.
But, according to the Daily Mail, 200,000 NHS and care employees have refused the offer of a vaccine so far.
A source told the newspaper: "It is extraordinary that so many people in the health sector appear to have turned down the vaccine."
Care UK, one of Britain's largest care home operators, announced recently that it would be operating a no jab, no job policy for new starters.
The company said: "Everyone applying for a role which requires them to go into a home will be expected to have been vaccinated before they start work."
MP Michael Gove is leading a review into the potential for vaccine passports, which is expected to be published before the final stage of lockdown is lifted on June 21.
Ministers are said to believe that forcing NHS workers and care home staff to have a vaccine could help restrictions to be lifted and cut the death toll.
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