Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Public Health England on requiring NHS and social care staff to have the covid-19 vaccine in order to keep patients and care residents safe.

There are have been no such discussions.

On 14 April, the Government launched a five-week consultation to inform decision making on whether vaccination should be a condition of employment at older adult care home providers.

However, there are currently no plans to make vaccination a condition of employment in the National Health Service.