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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Sarah Marsh

Group of NHS medics launch legal bid against compulsory Covid jabs

Pfizer BioNTech vaccine dose being prepared
All NHS staff in England who have direct contact with patients are required to get two Covid-19 vaccinations by 1 April or risk losing their jobs. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

An intensive care doctor who challenged the health secretary, Sajid Javid, over compulsory Covid vaccines for NHS staff has launched a legal bid against the government to end the policy.

Dr Steve James, who is unvaccinated and works as an anaesthetist at King’s College hospital, is seeking a judicial review with seven other medical professionals. It would look at the lawfulness of the decision to require health professionals to be jabbed.

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