Stormont is facing renewed calls to introduce vaccine passports after escalating pressures on the health system saw ambulances diverted away from a main hospital. Craigavon Area Hospital in Co Armagh
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More than half a million social care staff in England have not been recorded as having received two coronavirus vaccine doses, figures show. Some 542,196 workers in care homes, domiciliary
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A care home boss has backed the new mandatory vaccine rules despite them causing her to lose three staff. Lucy Craig (pictured), who operates three residential and dementia care homes
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A pharmaceutical firm has asked for an apology and has not ruled out future legal action after the Health Secretary told MPs its coronavirus vaccine would not get approval for
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Care homes are embroiled in disciplinary proceedings over the Government’s “shambolic” mandatory vaccination policy for staff, further adding to the workforce pressures they face, a care group has said. The
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A care home manager who has lost a sixth of her staff because of the Government’s mandatory vaccination policy has told of the anguish of reading their “heartbreaking” resignation letters.
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Health and care groups have said they are “disappointed” and “concerned” about the Government’s plans to make coronavirus vaccination mandatory for frontline staff. Frontline NHS workers and social care staff
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About 60 per cent of people who are at risk of an opioid overdose in Scotland have received specialist treatment to prevent a potentially fatal outcome, a report has shown.
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Northern Ireland’s Health Minister has announced a public consultation on a proposal for compulsory Covid-19 and flu vaccination for new health and social care workers in the region. Robin Swann
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Frontline NHS workers and social care staff will need to have Covid-19 vaccinations in England to continue in their jobs, the Health Secretary has announced. In a Commons statement, Sajid
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