EASTBOURNE MP Caroline Ansell says all care home staff must be vaccinated against covid.
She said: “I backed the government’s proposal that all care home staff must be vaccinated against covid to protect some of the most vulnerable members of society.
Importantly, there is also a precedent here as nearly all hospital trusts stipulate doctors should have a Hep B vaccination, although I accept this is not the law.
I do understand there are concerns about homes losing staff who do not want to be vaccinated but their residents are some of the most vulnerable in society and covid 19, as we know to our cost, is super-infectious, potentially deadly and care homes need every line of defence there is against it.”