A separate consultation for only employing inoculated care home staff has already been held, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed. However, back in December, the prime minister said in the Commons that “it is not part of our culture or our ambition in this country to make vaccines mandatory”. (Brand New Tube)

GBM Union – We’ve told Ministers that more than a third of our members in social care would consider packing their jobs in if vaccines were mandated: https://www.gmb.org.uk/news/ill-thought-through-plan-mandate-vaccinations-could-lead-care-staff-exodus