to have the vaccine. of course, that is a balance and we have taken advice on it and thought about it long and hard. in the end, there is an overarching responsibility for us as a provider for the safety of our residents. care home staff are expected to be given 16 weeks to getjabbed. the government is also beginning a consultation into extending compulsory vaccinations to staff who work for the nhs. james reynolds, bbc news. earlier i spoke to our chief policial correspondent, adam fleming who told us about the response from the care sector about the change. controversial within the care sector because some of the care companies and organisations which run care homes and some of the trade unions who represent care home workers say a better approach is to encourage people to get the vaccine make
of course, that is a balance and we have taken advice on it and thought about it long and hard. in the end, there is an overarching responsibility for us as a provider for the safety of our residents. care home staff are expected to be given 16 weeks to getjabbed. the government is also beginning a consultation into extending compulsory vaccinations to staff who work for the nhs. james reynolds, bbc news. we can speak now to our chief political correspondent adam fleming. let s talk about the idea that people in care homes will be forced to have vaccinations and there is a lot of talk about it. lot of talk about it. some of the companies lot of talk about it. some of the companies that lot of talk about it. some of the companies that run lot of talk about it. some of the companies that run care - lot of talk about it. some of the companies that run care homes| lot of talk about it. some of the i companies that run care homes and some trade unions say would it be better to encour
everybody gets vaccinated. it s key to dealing with covid but also enabling us to open up the economy. we are currently consulting on the issue of care home staff and compulsory vaccination and we will be responding to that consultation very shortly. liz truss there. let s talk to our chief political correspondent adam fleming. this issue of compulsory vaccination is hugely controversial? controversial within the care sector because some of the care companies and organisations which run care homes and some of the trade unions who represent care home employees say were dead in a better approach be encourage people to get the vaccine make it easierfor be encourage people to get the vaccine make it easier for people to get the vaccine than making it compulsory? they say or make it harder to recruit people to work in care homes, which is already pretty difficult for some care home providers. however, the government