1/5 Thanks for everyone's responses to my thread / your contributions to this important debate. They show how complex this issue is and how there are strong views here, understandably. Three quick thoughts in response to some of the comments that have been made.
2/5 A. The patient perspective is, of course, vital. There will be many patients who will feel very strongly that they have a right to be treated by staff who have been vaccinated. Equally, there are some staff who feel very strongly it is their right not to be vaccinated...
3/5 ...One of the complexities here is that there is a potential conflict between people who believe, equally strongly, that their fundamental rights are at stake and should not be breached. B. Thinking further about the patient perspective and the NHS looking after patients...
4/5 ...The point we have been trying to make today is that there is significant risk to patient care quality and safety if the NHS loses large numbers of staff, especially over the winter period. We need to recognise both risks and manage both as well as we can.
5/5 C. A number of people have asked about difference between existing vaccination mandation eg Hep B and covid/flu. Some are arguing that there is a clear difference between signing up to existing mandation when you take up a role & having new mandation imposed retrospectively.
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