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Any professionals visiting a care home, such as healthcare workers, tradespeople, hairdressers and beauticians, and CQC inspectors will also be required to show they have been vaccinated before entering the home, unless they have a medical exemption. There will be a 16-week grace period from when the regulations are made to when they come into force to enable staff who haven’t been vaccinated to take up the vaccine. \n\nThe requirement will not apply to : (i) family and friends visiting a care home resident, including essential care givers (ii) any person providing emergency assistance and any member of the emergency services in execution of their duties (iii) any person providing urgent maintenance assistance (iv) any person providing end of life care or bereavement support, or (v) to any person under the age of 18. 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Before the Government revokes these laws, it will consult with the public and seek approval from Parliament.\n\nRead the Secretary of State's statement and question from MPs: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-01-31/debates/C23A5791-2CC9-44FA-B9D6-BC9355C014C1/VaccinationConditionOfDeployment\n\nIn his statement the Secretary of State said the Government would launch a consultation on ending vaccination as a condition of deployment in health and all social care settings.\n\nFind out more about the Government's plans: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/consultation-on-removing-vaccination-as-a-condition-of-deployment-for-health-and-social-care-staff\n\nWe'll let you know when the Government launches its consultation.\n\nWhat are ministerial statements?\n\nMinisterial statements are a way for Ministers to bring an important matter to the attention of the House, often at short notice. After making a statement the Minister responds to questions on its topic from MPs. \n\nGet involved in the work of the UK Parliament\n\nYou can sign up to the UK Parliament newsletter for the latest information on how to get involved and make a difference: https://learning.parliament.uk/en/your-uk-parliament-newsletter-sign-up-form/","occurred_on":"2022-02-01","created_at":"2022-02-01T12:41:04.008Z","updated_at":"2022-02-01T12:41:04.008Z"},{"subject":"Share your views on removing COVID-19 vaccination requirements for health and social care staff ","body":"On 9 February, the Government launched a public consultation on its proposal to no longer require COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of deployment in health and social care settings. \n\nThe Government has said that, given the changes in clinical evidence, they are revisiting the balance of risks and benefits that guided their original decisions to make coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination a condition of deployment.  \n\nFind out more about the consultation, and share your views: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/revoking-vaccination-as-a-condition-of-deployment-across-all-health-and-social-care  \n\nThe consultation is open until 11.45pm on Wednesday 16 February 2022. \n\nWho is running the consultation?\n\nThe consultation is being run by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). DHSC is responsible for government policy on health and adult social care matters in England, and for certain health matters not devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive, Scottish Government, or Welsh Government.  \n\nFind out more about the DHSC: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care  \n\nGet involved in the work of the UK Parliament\n\nSign up to the UK Parliament newsletter for the latest information on how to get involved and make a difference: https://learning.parliament.uk/en/your-uk-parliament-newsletter-sign-up-form/","occurred_on":"2022-02-10","created_at":"2022-02-10T10:43:20.227Z","updated_at":"2022-02-10T10:43:20.227Z"},{"subject":"Government confirms removal of COVID-19 vaccination requirements for health and social care staff","body":"The Government has published its response to last month's public consultation on revoking COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of deployment in health and social care settings. It has confirmed it will be removing the requirement for health and social care staff to be vaccinated as a condition of deployment.\n\nRead a statement by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid Javid MP: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-03-01/HCWS654\n\nRead the consultation response in full: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/revoking-vaccination-as-a-condition-of-deployment-across-all-health-and-social-care/outcome/revoking-vaccination-as-a-condition-of-deployment-across-all-health-and-social-care-consultation-response\n\nThe revocation of the requirements will come into force on 15 March, and will include the requirements already in place in care homes as well as those which were due to apply in health and wider social care settings from 1 April.\n\nWho ran the consultation on COVID-19 vaccination requirements?\n\nThe consultation was run by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). DHSC is responsible for government policy on health and adult social care matters in England, and for certain health matters not devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive, Scottish Government, or Welsh Government. \n\nFind out more about the DHSC: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care \n\nGet involved in the work of the UK Parliament\n\nSign up to the UK Parliament newsletter for the latest information on how to get involved and make a difference: https://learning.parliament.uk/en/your-uk-parliament-newsletter-sign-up-form/","occurred_on":"2022-03-03","created_at":"2022-03-03T15:00:04.413Z","updated_at":"2022-03-03T15:00:04.413Z"}]}}}