Thread by @AdamWagner1

Very interesting development. If compulsory vaccination to work in the front line was going to happen anywhere first, it was going to be the care home sector.

Raises difficult, complicated issues - though certainly not clear it would be illegal bbc.co.uk/news/uk-574922…

The first big question is what happens to people who can't be vaccinated for medical reasons - the article suggests some will be redeployed off the front line, I would imagine that this would have to happen (rather than sacking) for that group.

Second big question is whether vaccination is something which can reasonably be a requirement as part of an employment contract. It's a medical procedure, even if it is a relatively benign one (that is, very low risk of side effect and obvious positive impact).

Third question is whether this is a harbinger of things to come in wider frontline health service. e.g medical+nursing staff on geriatric wards, is there really much difference in terms of risks? I imagine it wouldn't be long before this moves out of care homes as article suggest

Any court considering this would look at the fact that tens of thousands of people died in care homes from Covid. Elderly care home residents are an extremely high risk group. On other side of the balance is privacy and bodily autonomy of workers.

A number of people pointing out that immunisation has been a requirement of the NHS contract (I think for certain areas) for years.