Everyone working in care homes to be fully vaccinated under new law to protect residents

Everyone working in care homes to be fully vaccinated under new law to protect residents Care home residents will be better protected from death and serious illness, following confirmation people working in care homes will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

The new legislation means from October – subject to Parliamentary approval and a subsequent 16-week grace period – anyone working in a CQC-registered care home in England for residents requiring nursing or personal care must have 2 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine unless they have a medical exemption. Department of Health and Social Care

See also: 

• Consultation outcome: Making vaccination a condition of deployment in older adult care homes Department of Health and Social Care
• Independent report: REACT-1 study of coronavirus transmission: June 2021 final results Department of Health and Social Care
• More than 30 million people vaccinated with second dose Department of Health and Social Care
• 21 and 22 year olds to be offered COVID-19 jab from today NHS England
• Thousands of lives to be saved by health MOTs at NHS vaccination services NHS England