Regulations making COVID-19 vaccination a condition of deployment to end
The legal requirement for health and social care staff to be double jabbed will be removed from 15 March.
- Regulations requiring COVID-19 vaccination to work in Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered care homes to be lifted from 15 March
- Legal requirement for health and social care staff to be double jabbed from 1 April to be removed
- Health and Social Care Secretary reminds the minority of unvaccinated health and care workers of their professional responsibility to be vaccinated
Regulations making COVID-19 vaccination a condition of deployment in health and social care will be revoked on Tuesday 15 March, the Health and Social Care Secretary has confirmed today (Tuesday 1 March).
Following a public consultation, where 90% of responses supported the removal of the legal requirement for health and social care staff to be double jabbed, the government is revoking the regulations.