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 UKHSA has announced that confirmatory PCR tests will no longer be available for those who test positive on an LFT test without symptoms, raising fears of staff shortages being exacerbated by false positives.
An inquiry into the deaths of 50 residents in a Melbourne care home has unveiled that existing staff were furloughed, depriving the elderly residents of the basic care they needed.
The Government's vaccine mandate for care workers is enforced from today, with roughly 60,000 staff expected to lose their jobs.
Official Government estimates unveil that the 'no jab, no job' rule will only persuade a fraction of unvaccinated NHS staff to come forward, with Sajid Javid continuing to back the policy.
The Government is set to implement a mandatory vaccination requirement for all care home workers, although one in 10 currently remain unvaccinated and will likely lose their jobs as a result.
The NHS Providers Chief has warned that mandatory vaccination would cause a winter staffing crisis.
An NHS surgeon who's contributed to the Daily Sceptic before has sent us an email offering us his perspective on the current NHS 'crisis'. One thing's for sure: it's not caused by a rising number of Covid patients.
