Pages

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Calls For Mandatory Flu Vaccination of All British Health Workers

Health workers have been blamed for putting vulnerable patients at risk and worsening the winter’s flu outbreak by refusing to have flu jabs.

Fewer than one in seven frontline NHS staff had a flu jab last year, The Times has learnt, despite a recommendation that they do so. The Royal College of General Practitioners called last night for hospital doctors, GPs, nurses, carers and other staff to have compulsory jabs or be banned from contact with patients other than in exceptional circumstances.

Read more...

No comments:

Post a Comment

Thanks for your comment it is much appreciated.