Only a third of NHS staff have had flu jabs, as health bosses threaten to take workers off frontline duties if they carry on putting patients at risk

Only a third of NHS staff have had flu jabs, as health bosses threaten to take workers off frontline duties if they carry on putting patients at risk Only a third of NHS staff have had their flu jabs in some hospitals, posing a risk to patients.

Health bosses are aiming to vaccinate all workers this flu season and those who refuse face being taken off frontline duties.

But unions say some are too busy to get the jab, while others simply don't like needles.

The Camden and Islington Foundation Trust in north London said only 33 per cent of staff had so far been vaccinated. The Daily Mail