Urging NHS Staff to Take COVID-19 Vaccines Without Mentioning Side Effects Could Be ‘Negligent’: Lawyer

Published on November 17, 2023

Encouraging NHS staff to take COVID 19 vaccinations without mentioning side effects could be deemed negligent, according to employment lawyers and a workers union. It comes as a leaked image of a slide and video addressed to staff shows a head nurse urging COVID-19 vaccine uptake among health care workers, without explicitly mentioning side effects. The image shows Alison Lynch, group deputy chief nurse at Manchester Foundation Trust (MFT), alongside the words, “Flu and COVID vaccinations are safe, effective, and easily accessible.” It urges NHS staff to “take this opportunity to protect yourselves, our patients, and our colleagues.” Under a section called COVID Fact, it says that, “Getting vaccinated is just as important if you’ve already had COVID as it is if you haven’t....

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