To think free flu jabs for NHS admin staff is ridiculous??

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My SIL is admin staff in the NHS, she has no patient contact and no real contact with medical staff, beyond half an hour a week.

She’s just got a free flu jab! AIBU to think this is disgusting? It must cost the NHS so much, admin staff should have to pay. I agree that frontline staff should get it for free to protect the vulnerable but admin staff shouldn’t.

I'd be interested in seeing statistics of Flu vaccinated NHS staff now since pre Pandemic. If the NHS are paying for it they'll be statistics.

Of all the things to begrudge your SIL for, a vaccine 😂😂

Is the school admin who takes calls from sick staff, makes the calls for supply staff and manages timetable changes essential?

Good luck if your planned surgery has nobody available to manage theatre schedules.

Most large companies fund or subsidise flu jabs to encourage staff to get them to reduce risk of sick time in Winter. They do it because it is cost effective and saves money overall.

I think if you are self employed its tax deductible for the same reason - or used to be.

Well, this isn't going the way the OP wanted to, is it?

Absolutely this!

Yes it’s costing tax payers 4.6 billion a year. Think about that.

They are available online. Ukhsa publishes weekly flu reports alongside end of winter statistics so you should be able to find out

I think the rate of vaccinating is declining but all vaccinations are sadly

You asked if you were being unreasonable. The resounding answer is yes. If you just wanted people to agree with you, why did you ask?

But where's the evidence? Who is making money from this? If £15 is subsided rate, how much is it costing?

Yabvu. It costs a lot more to pay for someone's sick leave than to pay for the flu jab. It makes financial sense.

Financial sense?

Then you’d be outraged to know that my GP surgery gave me one for free just because I asked when I was in!

This is a ludicrous stance!

Of course it’s in the NHS interests, and therefore everyone’s, for the staff to get flu jabs. It’ll cost them much less than them going off with flu.

Lots of employees, private and public sector, pay for flu jabs for their staff, or reimburse them for getting them. Because it makes sense.

And you can’t force people to pay out of their own pocket.

Some people just begrudge NHS or any publicly paid staff ANYTHING - even if it’s in fact a saving. People literally hate the people who work for their good.

My work gives out flu jab vouchers, I’m having mine on Thursday! Don’t worry though, not public sector

But OP that doesn't even make sense. The employers should pay for it to save their staff being off sick. Plus can you imagine how many appointments might get delayed or not even filled without the admin staff to arrange them?
Most are based in hospitals and come into contact with viruses just walking through the hospital, touching door handles, using toilets etc.

I saw statistics today that said the jab impact of ppl being off sick amounted to minutes per person on a post about this very issue.

This is so delusional it’s actually funny. We get it, OP - you hate your SIL. 🙄

So, what about those that are vaccinated and then go off sick because they've got flu like symptoms post jab?

You ppl genuinely need to look into the statistics on how much time the jab saves ppl from being off sick, it’s barely anything.

What a weird hill to die on.

Even if admin aren't patient facing, they are likely coming into contact with lots of staff who are. It literally helps to break the chain of transmission.

This happened to people I worked with. Got told it would be unpaid leave because side effects from jabs "don't count".
My manager was an utter cunt.

Surprised at this. Where I work one year most of my team ended up off sick for a good week or 2 (some with more complications) with flu. We’ve all gotten the vaccine since. It’s nasty when it strikes.

You need to inform yourself OP, you’re coming across as ignorant.

Tax payers need an nhs
think about that

You've done your own research have you? Watched a few tiktoks, seen some Facebook reels?