and, yes, a vast, vast majority of residents in care homes have been doubly vaccinated, but we know that though the vaccine is very effective, it s not perfect, there is still a risk of getting covid, particularly for those most vulnerable residents. and so, what we re doing, i think, has to be the right thing, which is to give those residents the maximum protection and that means staff looking after those vulnerable people should be vaccinated. our health correspondent, jim reed, told me more about the government launching a six week consultation on making vaccination a condition of deployment forfront line workers. there s two separate things going on here. you just heard the care minister for england talking there. she is talking about care home staff who are not employed by the nhs, they are almost always employed by private sector companies. that decision is done and dusted, it is already law. by november the 11th, this year,
days sedentary, they had very little to do days sedentary, they had very little to do during the day, they were bored. to do during the day, they were bored, they were set in unsafe groups bored, they were set in unsafe groups of bored, they were set in unsafe groups of people, and there was little groups of people, and there was little attention paid to their physical health care. and that includes physical health care. and that includes emergency health care. all i’ilht, includes emergency health care. fill right, margaret. thank you very much for being with us. the author of that report on what happened at cawston park. thank you. the government is considering whether it should be compulsory for front line nhs workers in england to be vaccinated against covid 19. some unions are warning the move would lead to more staff shortages but ministers believe it s essential to protect vulnerable patients. health secretary sajid javid said the government had a duty to consider
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the government s lifting of restrictions in england. we re joined now by the shadow health secretary, jonathan ashworth. ijust want i just want to start with one piece of news that came over in the last few hours. from today, double vaccinated front line nhs and social care staff in england who have been told to self isolate will be permitted to attend work in exceptional circumstances. they will have testing instead. what is your reaction to that, is that the right thing to do? in reaction to that, is that the right thing to do? reaction to that, is that the right thinitodo? . . ,., . , thing to do? in the circumstances, i can understand thing to do? in the circumstances, i can understand that thing to do? in the circumstances, i can understand that change - thing to do? in the circumstances, i can understand that change in i can understand that change in policy. it is a crisis in the nhs, because of the covid admissions which are increasing quite rapidly, and of course because t