there s now a week to go for unvaccinated nhs staff to have first doses. ministers point to the fact that 95% have already had that firstjab. hugh pym, bbc news. coronavirus cases in the uk remain stable, with nearly 97,000 recorded in the latest 24 hour period. on average, just under 91,000 new cases were reported per day in the last week. the number of people in hospital with covid is 16,510. and there were 338 deaths reported in the latest 2a hour period that s of people who died within 28 days of a positive test though there will be some amongst this number who won t have died from covid. on average in the past week, 263 deaths were announced every day. 0n vaccinations, just over 37 million people have now had a boosterjab, which means 6a.5% of people aged 12 and over, have now had three vaccine doses. the prime minister has
against transmissibility of the virus, but also in terms of building the public s confidence in the services that the nhs were providing. on saturday, those against the mandate made their voices heard. maternity staff turned out in large numbers. for them, bodily autonomy is fundamental to their profession. so i was going to ask about the protest. kathryn, who s a midwife, was at the march. medical experts are strongly recommending the vaccine. isn t that enough assurance for you? i believe history has shown us that all of us should make our own decisions when it comes to our health. she says if things don t change she ll leave her hampshire trust, but worries about the impact on care. i do understand everybody wants patient safety, but during a staffing crisis, that safety will be severely compromised with less staff, and this decision will assuredly provide less staff. there s now a week to go for unvaccinated nhs staff to have first doses.
to work through it and they didn t care about all this. and then all of a sudden, oh, by the way, if you don t get a jab, you re going to lose yourjob. with england being the only nation with a mandate, pauline is considering looking for a job in wales. but dr chintal patel, who s a gp, is not against the mandatory nhs staff vaccine. for her, your freedom to choose is lost when that decision could impact on patient safety. i think if you are unvaccinated, then there is a risk that you are potentially exposing your patients to harm. up to a third of people do not mount an immune response to the infection, and actually vaccination provides a much better immune response and also reduces the risk of transmission. so i do think those that are patient facing should be vaccinated. most health leaders are supporting compulsory vaccines for frontline staff. at the time of the consultation a majority of nhs leaders believed that mandating the vaccine had benefits to their services,
tonight at ten: as rules on the wearing of face coverings in england are eased, the health secretary says the omicron variant of coronavirus is in retreat. but he argues more nhs staff in england need to bejabbed england need to be jabbed and mandatory vaccinations is the right policy. it mandatory vaccinations is the right oli . , mandatory vaccinations is the right policy. it is the professional duty of every health policy. it is the professional duty of every health care policy. it is the professional duty of every health care worker, - policy. it is the professional duty of every health care worker, of. policy. it is the professional duty of every health care worker, of ai of every health care worker, of a social care worker, to get vaccinated to not only protect themselves but most of all to protect the people that they look after everyday. there s just a week to go before the deadline for health care workers to get a firstjab, or be moved away from front line roles. also toni
you re going to lose yourjob. with england being the only nation with a mandate, pauline is considering looking for a job in wales. but dr chintal patel, who s a gp, is not against the mandatory nhs staff vaccine. for her, your freedom to choose is lost when that decision could impact on patient safety. i think if you are unvaccinated, then there is a risk that you are potentially exposing your patients to harm. up to a third of people do not mount an immune response to the infection, and actually vaccination provides a much better immune response and also reduces the risk of transmission. so i do think those that are patient facing should be vaccinated. most health leaders are supporting compulsory vaccines for frontline staff. at the time of the consultation a majority of nhs leaders believed that mandating the vaccine had benefits to their services, benefits to their staff and their teams, and had benefits in terms of protecting the public