Will2pass wrote:....what I'm disappointed in is the double standards.
I assumed that NHS staff would be next if not sooner. Perhaps as IAAG said long ago, Unions.....
If not, the illogic would be hard to square.
As regards relatives, I suppose if relatives and their inmates decide to take the risk, that is up to them to evaluate and control. In the Home, things are out of their control.
You could presumably deny entry to relatives who are not double-jabbed? If they didn't agree they could remove their inmate...
All in all it has the potential for a bit of an illogical mess.
However, it does seem that things are moving.
https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/polic ... 9-09-2021/The government has confirmed that later today a six-week consultation will begin on making both vaccinations a condition of deployment for all patient-facing health and care staff....
...Figures provided by the Department of Health and Social Care show around 92% of NHS trust staff have received one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, while 88% have had both.
But there are concerns over a variation in uptake, with rates in some trusts as low as 78% for both doses.I shall complete the consultation, as I did with Care staff, and I presume you will also.
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/making-vaccination-a-condition-of-deployment-in-the-health-and-wider-social-care-sectorV8