Tory war erupts over controversial moves to sack NHS staff who refuse Covid jabs
A NEW Tory war erupted last night over controversial moves to sack NHS staff who refuse to get the Covid jab.1staff must be double jabbed by the end of April - meaning they will have to get their first vaccine by early February.
But furious health bodies have warned that a staggering 73,000 NHS staff face being sacked within weeks because of the diktat. Opening up a new front in the war on Covid curbs, senior Tories told the PM he should axe the measure along withFormer Cabinet minister Esther McVey fumed: "Given the chief medical officer told MPs that vaccination had a minimal impact on transmission, isn't it the case now there is no reason at all for mandatory vaccinations for care workers and NHS staff?
"Over the last two years, these people have worked tirelessly on the front line, and we have clapped these key workers.Tory MP Sir Desmond Swayne urged the PM to “review the need to sack domiciliary workers and NHS workers” who are unjabbed.
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