{"id":149903,"date":"2022-01-18T23:25:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T23:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=149903"},"modified":"2022-01-18T23:25:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T23:25:22","slug":"nhs-bosses-to-start-firing-unvaccinated-staff-soon-with-catastrophic-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/nhs-bosses-to-start-firing-unvaccinated-staff-soon-with-catastrophic-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS bosses to start firing unvaccinated staff soon with ‘catastrophic’ impact"},"content":{"rendered":"
NHS bosses will start firing unvaccinated staff in two weeks\u2019 time, new guidance has shown.<\/p>\n
All frontline health workers must be double-jabbed by April 1, which means they must have had the first vaccine dose by February 3.<\/p>\n
Figures show 6% of the NHS workforce \u2013 more than 80,000 people \u2013 still have not been vaccinated.<\/p>\n
The Royal College of Nursing and Royal College of Midwives have called for the compulsory vaccine rules to be delayed.<\/p>\n
They warned of a \u201ccatastrophic\u201d impact on the delivery of services.<\/p>\n
The new guidance says all unvaccinated frontline NHS workers should start being called into formal meetings from February 4 and warned they could face dismissal.<\/p>\n
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Dismissal notices will start being issued from that date \u2013 with the notice period ending on March 31.<\/p>\n
The mandatory jab rule covers roles including doctors and nurses, ward clerks, porters, and receptionists.<\/p>\n
Under the guidance, frontline staff who won\u2019t get vaccinated can be moved into positions not involving direct patient contact.<\/p>\n
But it adds employers don\u2019t have to be concerned with finding \u201csuitable alternative employment\u201d. <\/p>\n
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Redundancy payments will not be made to those who are dismissed, it says.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, separate guidance for GPs says different entrances and exits for unjabbed workers could be created to avoid them crossing paths with patients.<\/p>\n
It comes as health officials say the latest Omicron variant is milder than previous variants of the virus, specifically the Delta strain which caused chaos last year.<\/p>\n