The subject of mandatory Covid vaccines for NHS staff has once again been in the news, but this time it is expected that the government will drop the policy as the deadline for getting jabbed was approaching. NHS staff were supposed to begin the process of becoming fully vaccinated by February 3, but with nearly 80,000 workers yet to get their first dose, the government has decided to scrap the policy altogether as they could be faced with a more acute staffing crisis than already faces the National Health Service.
One senior Government source told The Telegraph: “Omicron has changed things. When we first introduced the policy, it was Delta that was the dominant variant.
