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Petition Exempt NHS workers who have recovered from COVID from vaccination requirements
Exempt NHS staff from vaccination requirements if they have recovered from COVID. We believe that it is a person’s immune status and not their vaccination status which is most important.
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Vaccination is there to create an antibody reaction. If NHS workers can evidence that they have recovered from COVID-19, and that they have antibody reaction then this should be accepted.
If this exemption is allowed, it could prevent many much needed and valued NHS and care workers losing their jobs, which creates distress and also a national shortage.
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Government plans to remove covid-19 vaccination requirements for health and social care staff
Government plans to remove covid-19 vaccination requirements for health and social care staff
On Monday 31 January, the Secretary of State for Health Sajid Javid MP announced plans to revoke laws which required frontline health and social care staff to be vaccinated against covid-19. Before the Government revokes these laws, it will consult with the public and seek approval from Parliament.
Read 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
In 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.
Find 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
We'll let you know when the Government launches its consultation.
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Share your views on removing COVID-19 vaccination requirements for health and social care staff
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.
The 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.
Find 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
The consultation is open until 11.45pm on Wednesday 16 February 2022.
Who is running the consultation?
The 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.
Find out more about the DHSC: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care
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Government confirms removal of COVID-19 vaccination requirements for health and social care staff
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.
Read 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
Read 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
The 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.
Who ran the consultation on COVID-19 vaccination requirements?
The 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.
Find out more about the DHSC: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care
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