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'Highly likely' Covid-19 vaccine will be mandatory for frontline NHS staff, health secretary says

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Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing Frontline NHS staff are "highly likely" to be required to get vaccinated against coronavirus as a condition of their employment, the health secretary has said.

People working in care homes will need to be vaccinated by later this year in order to be deployed, and now Sajid Javid has indicated that the regulations will extend to further health and social care workers following a consultation.

It would mean only those who are fully vaccinated, unless medically exempt, could be deployed to deliver health and care services. READ MORE: Coronavirus LIVE updates ahead of major Boris Johnson winter plan announcement Addressing MPs in the House of Commons this

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