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A leaked letter revealed plans to make the covid-19 vaccination compulsory for all staff at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust which the trust then backtracked on days after sharing.
On Monday, the letter, which was signed by C&W’s CEO Lesley Watts and shared with other leaders in London, stated the trust “will be making the covid vaccination mandatory for all employees”. This would be written into employment contracts, it added.
HSJ understands the letter has not been sent to the trust’s staff, but was discussed and shared with other trust CEOs in the area. They were told it would be sent to C&W’s staff, and were considering adopting the policy in their own organisations.
Jabs for jobs: Chelsea and Westminster NHS trust is set to tell staff that Covid jabs are compulsory as it calls on workers who have turned down vaccines to change their minds
Letter will go out to all of the trust s 6,000 staff shortly to inform them of change
Pfizer s jab has cut emergency admissions by three quarters in elderly people
Ministers are also pushing for jabs to become mandatory for care home staff
An NHS trust is planning to make Covid-19 vaccinations part of staff contracts, it has been reported.
A letter from the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust in London that is set to go out to staff is said to state: “We will be making Covid vaccination mandatory for all our employees and it will form part of the employment contract.”
The Independent, which has seen a copy of the letter, reports the document is signed by the trust’s chief executive Lesley Watts and that 6,000 staff who have “chosen” not to be vaccinated are being called on to change their minds.
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