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Tens of thousands of unvaccinated care workers set to lose jobs next week

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Tens of thousands of unvaccinated care workers are set to lose their jobs next week, figures suggest. The government has made it mandatory for staff in registered care homes in England to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus as a condition of deployment, unless they are exempt for valid medical reasons.

From November 11, it will be a legal requirement for all care home workers - as well as NHS workers, tradespeople or inspectors who need to enter a care home as part of their employment - to have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.

According to data from NHS England, around 89.4 per cent of staff working in older age care homes had received two vaccine doses as of October 31.

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