Jobs feared as deadline for NHS staff to get jabbed comes closer
Downing Street insisted the Government was still intending to make vaccination mandatory for NHS staff in England
There are renewed calls to help tackle an NHS staffing crisis in East Yorkshire over concerns staff are thinking about leaving because of burnout and excessive workload.
Downing Street insisted the Government was still intending to make vaccination mandatory for NHS staff in England.
All staff will need to have had their first dose of the vaccine by 3 February 2022, so they can be fully vaccinated by 1 April 2022
Zoe Stevens is the public health nurse consultant at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, she said:
“It’s about thinking of the Impact of coronavirus we know that the vaccination is our biggest defence against this virus so by having that vaccine with reducing the severity of the illness which will hopefully reduce the likelihood of needing hospital admission it's about protecting others as well we know that those people are better protected than those who haven't had any vaccine at all particularly after you’ve had the booster.”
The government website states: Staff who are not vaccinated or medically exempt will be dismissed if they cannot be deployed to non-patient facing roles.
Employers can issue staff with contractual notice of dismissal whilst they explore redeployment options, and thus notice periods and the search for alternative roles can run concurrently. Every effort should be made to redeploy staff within their notice period up to and including their last date of service.