that is the in one respect, that is the compulsory vaccination of nhs workers. given that the advice to ministers has said that is neither rational nor proportionate given what we now know about omicron and its behaviour, well he think again before redundancy letters start going out from the 3rd of february. the argument has been well made by colleagues across the house today, i would remind him that this is something supported by the nhs themselves for patient safety, it is a very difficult point when it comes to patients you have contracted covid, people want the medical staff to be vaccinated. i would repeat what i have said throughout the
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and translate into, a doubling of hospitalisations, for example. scotland, wales and northern ireland have confirmed they will also offer the boosters in the spring. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. the health secretary sajid javid said that free covid tests would still be available for nhs workers in england. if nhs staff need tests they will be provided with free tests and that would be a decision for the nhs and those trusts and by the way, even before covid, the nhs has always sensibly made a decision on tests and keeping their staff safe because keeping their staff safe means keeping their patients safe and it s always about patient safety. and actually, i was, just last week, i travelled i think it was 1200 miles around the country and i met many fantastic nhs staff in every corner of england. and i was pleased to see how people are getting on with the job, how they feel positive about looking ahead, and how this country has
sophie hutchinson, bbc news. the health secretary sajid javid said that free covid tests would still be available for nhs workers in england. if nhs staff need tests they will be provided with free tests and that would be a decision for the nhs and those trusts and by the way, even before covid, the nhs has always sensibly made a decision on tests and keeping their staff safe because keeping their staff safe means keeping their patients safe and it s always about patient safety. and actually, i was, just last week, i travelled i think it was 1200 miles around the country and i met many fantastic nhs staff in every corner of england. and i was pleased to see how people are getting on with the job, how they feel positive about looking ahead, and how this country has collectively dealt with the pandemic but especially with the support of all nhs workers.