Mandatory vaccination of National Health Service staff against COVID-19: more harm than good?

Despite the clear benefits of vaccination against COVID-19, there was significant unease relating to the government policy of mandatory vaccination of health and care staff in England and the potential inequities this may lead to. Healthcare staff, and in particular doctors, speaking out on this iss...

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Published inBritish journal of anaesthesia : BJA Vol. 128; no. 4; pp. 608 - 609
Main Authors Savic, Louise C., Savic, Sinisa, Pearse, Rupert M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2022
British Journal of Anaesthesia. Published by Elsevier Ltd
Subjects
COVID-19
COVID-19 - prevention & control
England - epidemiology
healthcare workforce
Humans
immunity
Physicians
State Medicine
Vaccination
vaccine hesitancy
England
COVID-19
vaccine hesitancy
immunity
healthcare workforce
vaccination
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Summary:Despite the clear benefits of vaccination against COVID-19, there was significant unease relating to the government policy of mandatory vaccination of health and care staff in England and the potential inequities this may lead to. Healthcare staff, and in particular doctors, speaking out on this issue may have inadvertently provided a narrative, which undermined the objective of achieving widespread vaccination of populations against this serious disease. The recent reversal of this policy may not mark the end of this debate amongst health and social care staff.
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ISSN:0007-0912
1471-6771
DOI:10.1016/j.bja.2022.01.030