“Encouraging vaccination is always preferable to a mandatory requirement,” said Helen Bedford at University College London in a statement. “Indeed, evidence from a recent study of health and care workers suggests that where they felt pressured to have [a covid-19] vaccine, they were less likely to do so.”
Plan To Make Vaccine Mandatory For Care Home Staff in UK
The UK government has made it possible that the staff at care homes should get vaccinated. This is obviously done in the good health of the citizens. However, some critics have made comments on the fact that it may backfire.
Albeit the decision being made for a good reason, some workers may not want to get vaccinated and they might end up leaving the health care services. This can be a huge loss to this big industry with almost 1.5 million workers working in staff positions at care homes.
However, the UK government is going on with the plan. The plan might also cover the NHS staff. That factor has not been confirmed or declined by the government yet. “Informed and educated choices about health interventions would be more beneficial long-term than enforcing them,” Martini said in a statement.
It has always been encouraged to provide and receive vaccination as soon as possible since that is the only line of protection that we have against Covid 19. However, forcing people to get vaccinated might cause a few problems and ruckus among the crowd.
Records are being checked and preparations are being made to vaccinate all the staff members of care homes. What remains to witness is how this all played out. The initiative is a good one.
Why do Some States Require Vaccinations?
To be vaccinated against a disease is not optional under a mandatory vaccination plan, and those who refuse to do so face legal consequences.
In contrast to the ‘no jab, no job’ policy of some companies, which mandates that all employees get the flu shot, this policy does not penalise employees who choose not to get the shot.
The Public Health (Control of Disease) Act of 1984 explicitly forbids Ministers from enacting new rules that would make vaccines mandatory in England.
Final Words
The passage of a new law by Parliament would be necessary for any kind of compulsory vaccination scheme. The use of’statutory instruments’ by ministers to alter or introduce new regulations is prohibited.
