Trusts cleared to use unvaccinated health staff amid reports of Javid U-turn

[Northerner]

Hospitals in England could continue to employ unvaccinated NHS healthcare workers beyond the April deadline if not doing so risks leaving them dangerously understaffed, the sector regulator has indicated.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said it would implement the government diktat for mandatory jabs “fairly and proportionately”, amid fears that it will exacerbate the NHS’s existing staff crisis. It comes amid reports that Sajid Javid is planning to drop the requirement that health and care staff must be vaccinated. The Telegraph reported that the health secretary would meet fellow ministers on Monday to rubber-stamp the decision.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/30/ppe-bought-for-nhs-waste-minister
The CQC’s comments were welcomed by hospital trusts, coming before Thursday’s deadline for all NHS staff in England who have direct contact with patients to have their first dose of a Covid vaccine, in order to complete the course before 1 April, or risk losing their job. About 80,000 frontline NHS workers have still not had a first dose and the NHS already has 93,000 vacancies, including 40,000 for nurses.

Trusts cleared to use unvaccinated health staff amid reports of Javid U-turn

Frontline staff in English hospitals who have not had jab may be able to work if dangerous understaffing deemed a greater risk, says regulator

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[Drummer]

The government really do not understand what they are doing to ordinary people.

 

[mikeyB]

I for one will refuse to be treated by anyone in hospital who has not been vaccinated, so I assume that will be a choice made free to anyone who has to go into hospital.