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Care Home Staff Vaccination Policy

The Department of Health and Social Care is developing policy on vaccination and infection control requirements for care home staff, alongside guidance on visiting rights in care homes, hospitals, and hospices. The policy addresses workforce protection, resident safety, and the balance between infection prevention and social access, with recent focus on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination for older adults.

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2 Feb 2026 | Announcement Department of Health and Social Care linked

Respiratory Syncytial Virus vaccination for older adults

UIN: HLWS1298 My Honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention (Ashley Dalton MP) has made the following statement:I am today announcing that the year-round vaccination programme to protect older adults against Respirator...

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18 Jul 2024 | Announcement Department of Health and Social Care linked

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immunisation Programmes

UIN: HCWS7 I am today confirming that the new immunisation programme to protect infants, with a vaccine during pregnancy, and older adults against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) will start this September.RSV is a common respiratory virus that usually causes mild,...

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7 Mar 2023 | Announcement Department of Health and Social Care linked

Covid-19 Vaccine Update

UIN: HCWS612 His Majesty’s Government (HMG) is committed to protecting people most vulnerable to Covid-19 through vaccination as guided by the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). On the 25 January 2023, the JCVI published interim advice...

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1 Mar 2022 | Announcement Department of Health and Social Care linked

Covid-19 Update

UIN: HCWS654 COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of deployment - revocation consultation responseOn 31 January, I announced this government’s intention to revoke the regulations making COVID-19 vaccination a condition of deployment in all health and social care settin...

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3 Feb 2022 | Announcement Department of Health and Social Care linked

Covid-19 Update

UIN: HCWS587 In December 2021, Parliament approved legislation requiring vaccination as a condition of deployment (VCOD) in health and wider social care. This was due to come into force from 1 April 2022.On 31 January I announced the government’s intention …

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3 Feb 2022 | Announcement Department of Health and Social Care linked

Covid-19 Update

UIN: HLWS573 My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Sajid Javid) has made the following written statement:In December 2021, Parliament approved legislation requiring vaccination as a condition of deployment (VCOD) in health and wider …

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14 Apr 2021 | Announcement Department of Health and Social Care linked

COVID-19 Vaccination Update

UIN: HCWS917 I wish to inform the House of actions we are taking to improve uptake of vaccines across the adult social care sector. In February 2021, we published the UK COVID-19 Vaccines Delivery Plan setting out the significant programme …

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14 Apr 2021 | Announcement Department of Health and Social Care linked

COVID-19 Vaccination Update

UIN: HLWS910 My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Matt Hancock) has made the following written statement: I wish to inform the House of actions we are taking to improve uptake of vaccines across …

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