News Round-Up
28 April 2024
by Will Jones
Should We Rename the Daily Sceptic the Daily Septic?
28 April 2024
The NHS vaccine mandate is likely to be "kicked down the road", a Whitehall source has told the Telegraph, amid demands by Conservative MPs for it to be scrapped entirely.
The NHS vaccine mandate should be cancelled to prevent staff shortages, the Royal College of GPs has said, as thousands took to the streets across England to protest against the policy.
The Government is considering pausing its plans for compulsory vaccination for health service staff over fears of the mass sacking of more than 70,000 NHS workers.
As the deadline for the NHS vaccine mandate approaches, a leaked DHSC memo warns ministers that the evidence of vaccine effectiveness against Omicron dropping to zero casts doubts over the new law’s proportionality.
The NHS will begin sacking staff who have not had a Covid vaccine in just 16 days as the deadline to receive the first jab approaches on February 3rd – despite the NHS being desperately short of staff.
The Government has been warned by doctors and trade union leaders that the impending deadline for NHS staff to be vaccinated or lose their jobs will result in making the NHS staffing crisis worse.
The Daily Sceptics's in-house doctor, formerly a senior medic in the NHS, has run his eye over yesterday's data release from NHS England. Covid admissions are rising, but a third have been admitted for something else.
Chris Hopson, the Chief Executive of NHS Providers, says the Government may have to draft in "tighter restrictions" in order to save the NHS from being overwhelmed by a surge in Omicron cases.
The Daily Sceptic's in-house doctor reflects on the year gone by, noting the site's excellent track record of identifying important issues about the NHS's management of Covid months before the mainstream media.
The Prime Minister is facing pressure to stave off an NHS staffing crisis by reducing the coronavirus self-isolation period to five days.
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