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Public Health Nurse Deirdre Murphy with a vial of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccination at the mass vaccination centre in the Helix, DCU, Dublin
FORCING care workers to be vaccinated for Covid-19 is likely to backfire on the industry, Unison warns today.
The public service union says a survey of more than 4,000 staff in care homes and those working in the community has shown that plans for mandatory vaccinations would be counterproductive and could trigger employee shortages in a sector already in crisis.
The union has detailed its concerns in evidence to a government consultation on proposals to make the jab compulsory for workers in care homes for the elderly in England.
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