UK Data Shows Doctors are Among the Health Workers Least Likely to Get COVID Injection, while fitness instructors, artists and waiters have some of the highest unjabbed rates overall

From [HERE] Doctors are among the health workers least likely to be vaccinated against Covid-19, while fitness instructors, artists and waiters have some of the highest unjabbed rates overall.

New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show vaccination rates by profession at the end of last year. The data provides an early indication of which parts of the NHS and social care workforce could be hardest hit by the compulsory vaccination rule that comes into force in April.

Any health and care workers coming into direct contact with patients must have had a first dose by February 3 in order to meet the deadline. NHS employers have been told to begin dismissal proceedings against unvaccinated staff, including those who refuse to disclose their status, from February 4. [MORE]