UK Doctors Voice ‘Grave Concern’ Over Vaccine Mandate for Medics

UK Doctors Voice ‘Grave Concern’ Over Vaccine Mandate for Medics
NHS workers in PPE take a patient from an ambulance at St Thomas' Hospital in London, on April 10, 2020. Justin Setterfield/Getty Images
Alexander Zhang
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Leading British doctors have expressed “grave concern” over the government’s threat to impose vaccine mandates on healthcare staff, saying any reduction of medical staff would have a devastating impact on hospitals already under immense strain.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid said on Oct. 25 that he was “leaning towards” introducing mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for staff of the National Health Service (NHS) to force the roughly 100,000 staff members who remain unvaccinated to get the jab.