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Mandating vaccinations

Raie

Dear all,

I would be most grateful for advice around compulsory vaccinations and how best to word a statement within T&Cs or as part of a policy.  This is to ensure that our workers are able to apply for a credentialing card to gain access to particular clinical areas within NHS and private healthcare settings, where blood-borne infections pose a high risk to our staff.  As part of the credentialing scheme, healthcare institutions have provided criteria for access to these areas and one particular vaccination has been identified as a requirement in over 70% of locations. 

Many thanks,

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  • Hi Raie, we have a vaccination policy in my organisation. We are required to have one in law as we run GP surgeries (see link www.cqc.org.uk/.../nigels-surgery-37-immunisation-healthcare-staff).
    In essence the policy states that we will pay for vaccinations and make sure employees have access to them (eg paid time off work to get them done). We don’t make it compulsory because people may not be able to have the vaccination due to heath or religious or other beliefs. Therefore we only strongly recommend that they are vaccinated, stay up to date with them and advise them on what vaccinations they should have. If someone is unable to get vaccinated then we modify their job if it is due to health or religion etc to ensure our practice/criterion etc isn’t inadvertently discriminatory. Eg hep B, despite being vaccinated, it doesn’t always work for some people therefore they don’t ever get immunity and so they can’t do bloods or minor surgery.
    For example wording there are many nhs trust policies on the web that you can get inspiration from to suit your needs.
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  • Hi Raie, we have a vaccination policy in my organisation. We are required to have one in law as we run GP surgeries (see link www.cqc.org.uk/.../nigels-surgery-37-immunisation-healthcare-staff).
    In essence the policy states that we will pay for vaccinations and make sure employees have access to them (eg paid time off work to get them done). We don’t make it compulsory because people may not be able to have the vaccination due to heath or religious or other beliefs. Therefore we only strongly recommend that they are vaccinated, stay up to date with them and advise them on what vaccinations they should have. If someone is unable to get vaccinated then we modify their job if it is due to health or religion etc to ensure our practice/criterion etc isn’t inadvertently discriminatory. Eg hep B, despite being vaccinated, it doesn’t always work for some people therefore they don’t ever get immunity and so they can’t do bloods or minor surgery.
    For example wording there are many nhs trust policies on the web that you can get inspiration from to suit your needs.
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