NHS: Coronavirus

(asked on 6th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria will be applied to staff members who may have social contact with patients in relation to mandatory vaccines for NHS staff.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 11th January 2022

The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 introduces a requirement for all providers of Care Quality Commission regulated services to deploy vaccinated workers to certain roles.

These requirements do not apply for workers where vaccination is not clinically advised due to a specific medical condition. Other workers exempt from these requirements are those aged under 18 years old; those who do not have face-to contact with patients or service users; those providing care as part of a ‘shared lives’ agreement; and those who have participated in a clinical trial for a COVID-19 vaccination, either currently or previously.

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