The government appears close to announcing that Social Care staff working with older people will be required to be vaccinated. It's also consulting on a similar requirement in the NHS:
www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/15/covid-jabs-to-become-mandatory-for-care-home-staff-in-england
There are some understandable anxieties about disincentive to stay in an already understaffed field and a number of ethical issues around Human Rights and Equalities Legislation. Other areas where vaccination is mandatory like MMR on children's medicine and Hepatitis in surgical theatres are mentioned as comparators but these seem to be more of a 'duty of care' thing for the employee and are mattes of choice for those entering the field.
What does the panel think?
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