BMA demands vaccination within two weeks

Doctors’ union the BMA has demanded that frontline health and social care staff be vaccinated within the next two weeks.

The BMA said that protecting healthcare staff has been left at a local level, leading to “chaotic” results, while the slow pace of vaccination has led to significant staff absences.

BMA council chair Chaand Nagpaul stated: “Vaccinating health and care workers won’t stop them being exhausted, won’t stop them feeling the stress and anxiety of not having enough time, or beds, to give patients the care they need. But it will give them protection from this deadly virus and drive down on rates of sickness absence and necessary isolating which are leaving services brutally exposed. Giving all healthcare workers a Covid-19 vaccination could save their lives so they can help save yours.”

https://www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opinion/vaccinate-frontline-staff-within-two-weeks-demands-bma