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Flu Jabs For Frontline Nhs Staff
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Turns out last year less than half front line NHS staff had the flu jab
These are people dealing on a daily basis with very vulnerable people sometimes with suppressed immune systems
the Government want to link a figure of 75% to access their funding
http:// www.mir ror.co. uk/news /uk-new s/nhs-m ake-sur e-75-st aff-226 3045
Frankly I think it should be a condition of employment
Am I oversimplifying?
Do you work in the NHS? Do you have the flu jab?
If you don't would you object to it being a condition of employment if you did?
These are people dealing on a daily basis with very vulnerable people sometimes with suppressed immune systems
the Government want to link a figure of 75% to access their funding
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Frankly I think it should be a condition of employment
Am I oversimplifying?
Do you work in the NHS? Do you have the flu jab?
If you don't would you object to it being a condition of employment if you did?
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When the scaremongering over the swine flu pandemic first began some 3 years ago, my colleagues and I were sceptical over the speed that the vaccine was rushed out, hence many didn't bother.
Matters are now resolved in that respect, but having seen a young man of 42 die from it 2 years ago I am now a regular attendee when the Occ Health Dept do the rounds with the jabs.
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When the scaremongering over the swine flu pandemic first began some 3 years ago, my colleagues and I were sceptical over the speed that the vaccine was rushed out, hence many didn't bother.
Matters are now resolved in that respect, but having seen a young man of 42 die from it 2 years ago I am now a regular attendee when the Occ Health Dept do the rounds with the jabs.
\\\Last year, fewer than half of frontline NHS staff had the jab and the figure was less than than one in five in some hospitals.\\
Why is this? Do they know something that we don't?
I think that all NHS staff should be given the facts about Winter Flu infection and cross infection,but like wolf, I am unhappy with compulsory vaccination.
I do not work in the NHS and i haven't had the Flu vaccine.
Why is this? Do they know something that we don't?
I think that all NHS staff should be given the facts about Winter Flu infection and cross infection,but like wolf, I am unhappy with compulsory vaccination.
I do not work in the NHS and i haven't had the Flu vaccine.
I don't blame the 25%.
I had the 'flu jab many years ago. It was provided by my employer in an effort to avoid too much sickness in the winter. WIthin twelve hours of receiving the jab I was laid up, every joint in my body aching, , diarrohea, fever, vomiting, the lot. It lasted about ten days and I Was off work for the thick end of two weeks.
I've had proper 'flu (not "man 'flu") twice since then. Infinitely preferable, on the mend after a couple of large brandies and 48 hours in bed.
I had the 'flu jab many years ago. It was provided by my employer in an effort to avoid too much sickness in the winter. WIthin twelve hours of receiving the jab I was laid up, every joint in my body aching, , diarrohea, fever, vomiting, the lot. It lasted about ten days and I Was off work for the thick end of two weeks.
I've had proper 'flu (not "man 'flu") twice since then. Infinitely preferable, on the mend after a couple of large brandies and 48 hours in bed.
Not found specific figures for deaths but outbreaks happen in hospitals and when it does it's an issue
http:// www.bbc .co.uk/ news/uk -englan d-shrop shire-2 1916966
http:// www.bbc .co.uk/ news/uk -englan d-cumbr ia-2086 1966
It's not just an issue of fatalities - this causes operations to be cancelled and can even close hospitals
I can see where people feel uneasy with compulsion but from where I stand it's not that far different from compelling people to wear hard hats on a building site
http:// www.dai lyrecor d.co.uk /news/h ealth/s cottish -hospit als-for ced-to- cancel- operati ons-152 8857
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It's not just an issue of fatalities - this causes operations to be cancelled and can even close hospitals
I can see where people feel uneasy with compulsion but from where I stand it's not that far different from compelling people to wear hard hats on a building site
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I think it is a little diferent to the wearing of hard hats, Jake. Wearing a hard hat is hardly likely to cause the wearer any harm, whereas having a virus introduced into my body most certainly did me some. If there are risks associated with wearing hard hats I’d gladly take them to offset the risk of having my skull caved in by a falling brick. But I would never have the ’flu jab again preferring instead to take my chances with the real thing.
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I've never had any reaction from my annual flu jab, and I'e had one at work for the last 13 years.
what is more concerning to me is that it's front-line staff, who deal with patients, who aren't taking it up - it would be interesting to know why they are not doing so. I'm not front-line but if I (or my staff) get flu, the local NHS suffers in terms of manpower because we are off work for a couple of weeks, and there's nobody to cover for us - so the justification for our having it is preventive and cost-efficiency, not directly protecting the patients and vice versa.
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I've never had any reaction from my annual flu jab, and I'e had one at work for the last 13 years.
what is more concerning to me is that it's front-line staff, who deal with patients, who aren't taking it up - it would be interesting to know why they are not doing so. I'm not front-line but if I (or my staff) get flu, the local NHS suffers in terms of manpower because we are off work for a couple of weeks, and there's nobody to cover for us - so the justification for our having it is preventive and cost-efficiency, not directly protecting the patients and vice versa.
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