Hospital ‘could lose up to 1,000 workers as jabs made mandatory for NHS staff’
Head of King’s College Hospital Dr Clive Kay admitted he is “worried” as around 10% of roughly 14,000 workers at the hospital haven't got a first dose.
The consultant had told the Health Secretary he disagreed with the government’s decision to make vaccinations mandatory for NHS hospital workers, saying the science was not strong enough to support the move. More than 1,000 members of staff could be lost in an “extreme” scenario unless vaccine uptake within the workforce improves, Dr Kay said.
He told the BBC’s Sunday Morning show: “I think when you work with the most vulnerable people – and those going into hospital are very vulnerable, as are those in our care homes – you have a duty of care.”
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