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Vaccination to be mandatory for care home staff

494 replies

Horseyhorsey3 · 15/06/2021 22:47

www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/15/covid-jabs-to-become-mandatory-for-care-home-staff-in-england

It will be interesting to see how this affects retention and recruitment of staff... Or not...

OP posts:
vodkaredbullgirl · 15/06/2021 22:52

Where I work, we have all been vaccinated.

Glasstabletop · 15/06/2021 22:54

Appalling and cowardly. I hope they all fucking quit.

XenoBitch · 15/06/2021 22:55

Disgusting.

Againstmachine · 15/06/2021 22:55

For a industry that often struggles for staff, I'm not sure right decision

MorriseysGladioli · 15/06/2021 22:56

Mandatory for carers, but not for those they care for.

RoseWineTime · 15/06/2021 22:57

Difficult, but if my vulnerable relative needed care, I would want their carer to be vaccinated. Otherwise I can see a scenario where wealthier families will be able to pay more for vaccinated careers…

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Horseyhorsey3 · 15/06/2021 22:59

Out of choice or did your employer mandate it @vodkaredbullgirl? Big difference between the two.

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MrsKeats · 15/06/2021 23:03

Cowardly? To protect vulnerable people?
Ridiculous comment.

HSHorror · 15/06/2021 23:04

I think it's the right call however
They need to ensure availability of choice of vax.
As I really dont think AZ should be mandatory for anyone.
Also there is a question on how often people might have to be vaxxed?
And what about people who then get side effects every time.
Ive been fine with second AZ just slight headache for an evening. But some might feel rough maybe. And - what about people due a booster who are then pregnant etc. ...

Againstmachine · 15/06/2021 23:05

I think if you want to go this route then all in care home need to be vaxxed too, after all what's good for the goose.

Glasstabletop · 15/06/2021 23:07

@MrsKeats

It's cowardly to go after care home staff first. A sector that is underpaid, treated terribly and un-unionised. It's a cynical tactic to test the water before they go after the heavily unionised NHS staff.

Nobody should be coerced into a medical procedure they don't want.

MrsKeats · 15/06/2021 23:08

First?
Most of the country is vaccinated.

Glasstabletop · 15/06/2021 23:09

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Tatum1234 · 15/06/2021 23:09

Good. If they don’t want the vaccination they can find a different job. If my parents were in a care home I’d want the people looking after them to be vaccinated.

vodkaredbullgirl · 15/06/2021 23:11

We were all asked if we would have it and we all agreed.

Bargebill19 · 15/06/2021 23:11

In that case, they need to make ALL visitors, volunteers and nhs staff visiting the homes have compulsory vaccinations as well. ALL residents also need to be vaccinated to protect staff.
Covid vaccinations neither stops transmission between people or makes it less serious when transmitted. It only means you are likely to be less ill if you catch it.

Yes I’ve had both my vaccinations. Yes I believe in vaccinations programs.

MercyBooth · 15/06/2021 23:12

@Glasstabletop especially as it was the care home staff who had to deal with it when NHS managers signed off residents going back into care homes without being tested. And (God forbid) what happens if a care worker has a bad reaction to a mandated vaccine.

vodkaredbullgirl · 15/06/2021 23:13

I should say I work in a care home.

XenoBitch · 15/06/2021 23:13

@Tatum1234

Good. If they don’t want the vaccination they can find a different job. If my parents were in a care home I’d want the people looking after them to be vaccinated.
A lot of people work in care because they can't find other work.
Againstmachine · 15/06/2021 23:15

Good. If they don’t want the vaccination they can find a different job. If my parents were in a care home I’d want the people looking after them to be vaccinated.

With staffing in care you might found there aren't enough staff and they are left in neglect.

GentlemanJackie · 15/06/2021 23:20

I agree with @HSHorror AZ is an unacceptably risky vaccine to make compulsory. I hope the over 40s have a choice and also that they get paid time off to get the vaccine and to recover from side effects. I know in many (most?) cases they won’t. The carers who looked after my grandmother were on zero hours contracts, they were unpaid between each 10 minute appointment in different houses and they had no pension provision. They had to pay for their own bus fares between jobs. Then long bus rides home because they couldn’t afford to live in the area where they worked. Forcing them to take a vaccine with known risks seems appalling if they are not supported financially for any loss of income due to side effects.

everybodysang · 15/06/2021 23:20

Fabulous news.

ollyollyoxenfree · 15/06/2021 23:20

why is this shocking people to such an extent? It's not a new policy. Mandatory vaccination for various patient facing roles has always been the case, it's part of the job.

Back in the day my med school place required hep B vaccination as well as the requisite grades (and they made a big deal about how if we missed the deadline we'd lose the offer!), I don't remember anyone being up in arms about it

MrsKeats · 15/06/2021 23:21

incredibly rude glass reported

MercyBooth · 15/06/2021 23:22

So if someone was signing on getting UC and the only job on offer was a care home job, would it be vaccinate or lose your benefits? Because the JC DO NOT CARE whether or not the unsuitable person they force into a care home is the right person to look after your gran or not
The Government dont either.