A third of care home staff in some London areas have not had Covid jab
by Robert Booth and Kevin Rawlinson from on (#5K4HP)
Figures come as Matt Hancock confirms the government plans to make it mandatory for staff to get jab
A third of staff in older adult care homes in some areas of London have not received a single vaccine nearly six months after they were made a top priority, in a development that has left more than a 1,000 care workers still unprotected in just four boroughs.
On Wednesday the health secretary confirmed that the government would make Covid vaccines mandatory for all residential care workers in England from around October, defying warnings from some care leaders that it could trigger a staffing crisis.
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