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Covid vaccines to be made mandatory for care home staff in England, according to reports; Rule could also be extended to NHS workers.

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Byline: By, Sam Blewett, PA & Max Channon

Ministers are reportedly preparing to announce that care home workers in England will be required to have mandatory coronavirus vaccines.

The Government has held a consultation into the controversial proposal as a measure to protect the most vulnerable from contracting COVID-19.

Officials at the Department of Health and Social Care DHSC did not deny a report by the Guardian saying that ministers will approve the measure for social care workers in England.

Under the plans, staff working with adults will be given 16 weeks to get vaccinated or face losing their jobs, according to the newspaper.

A DHSC spokeswoman said: "Vaccines are our way out of this pandemic and have already saved thousands of lives -- with millions of health and care staff vaccinated.

"Our priority is to make sure people in care homes are protected and we launched the consultation to get views on whether and how the government might take forward a new requirement for adult care home providers, looking after older people, to only deploy staff who have had a COVID-19 vaccination or have an appropriate exemption."

She added that the department's response to the consultation will be published...

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