Care staff more likely to decline jab if threatened by employers, says UNISON survey        

Care staff more likely to decline jab if threatened by employers, says UNISON survey   Care staff are nearly twice as likely to turn down a Covid jab if they’ve been threatened or not given vaccination advice by their employer, ​according to a UNISON survey published today (Monday). The union says the findings – based on responses from over 4,000 workers across the UK, including those in care homes and out in the community – suggest forcing care employees to get the jab is likely to backfire. Widespread take-up of the Covid vaccine across the care workforce is essential, says UNISON. But it believes government plans for mandatory vaccinations would be counterproductive and could trigger employee shortages in a sector already in crisis. The union has detailed its concerns in evidence* to a Department for Health and Social Care consultation on proposals to make the jab compulsory for workers in care homes for the elderly in England. The majority (88%) of care workers taking part in UNISON’s survey had received a jab, compared with just over one in ten (12%) who had not. The most common response from non-vaccinated staff was they had ​simply turned down the offer (65%). This was followed by other reasons (24%) such as pregnancy, the desire to do more research or because they were still waiting for an appointment. The remaining staff who hadn’t been vaccinated said they had a medical exemption (7%), had been off work sick (7%) or ...
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