I bet the Health Secretary Sajid Javid is not resigning because of BoJo, I bet he’s resigning to cover his ass when all the lawsuits come in suing the government. Did he tell doctors to kill elderly patients?
Health Secretary Sajid Javidsays he is concerned by rising Covid hospital admissions, particularly in older age groups.
One in 15 people in the UK had Covid in the last week of 2021, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates, with numbers rising in the over-70s.
He once again called on people to get vaccinated, adding that staff at the hospital estimated about 70% of Covid patients in the ICU critical care unit were unvaccinated. Getting boosted, he said, meant your chance of ending up in hospital was "almost 90% less than it was with Delta".
A further 178,250 new confirmed coronavirus infections have been recorded in the UK on Friday, according to the government's daily figures - a similar figure to a week ago.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-59909813
England hospital units may close as staff revolt over jab mandate, says NHS leader
Vaccination rule comes into force in April but many staff are unwilling to participate, warns NHS Providers chief
The health secretary, Sajid Javid, and NHS England need to “be clear well in advance how we will resolve the hopefully small number of instances where service viability and safety could be at risk” because of frontline personnel leaving rather than getting immunised, said Hopson. The new rule applies to any staff who have face-to-face contact with patients but also non-clinical staff including hospital porters.
Javid told the Commons last Tuesday that “despite the incredible effort to boost uptake across the country, there are still approximately 94,000 NHS staff who are unvaccinated. It’s critical to patient safety that health and care staff get the jab.” However, the number of NHS workers who have had a first dose since the government first announced in September that it was adopting a policy of compulsory has risen since by 55,000, he added.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) impact assessment of its policy found that as many as 126,000 unvaccinated staff could lose their job when the rule comes into force on 1 April.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/dec/20/england-hospital-units-may-close-as-staff-revolt-over-jab-mandate-says-nhs-leader
Health Secretary urges older people to ‘top up’ their Covid vaccines
The NHS in England is inviting people to arrange the spring jab through the national booking service when it is their turn.
People should “top up” their Covid-19 jabswhen called by the NHS, the Health Secretary has said, as preparations continue for an autumn campaign that could include everyone aged 50 and over.
Sajid Javid urged those aged 75 and over and the vulnerable to accept invitations for the spring Covid booster, with people becoming eligible if they had their last vaccine six months ago.
The NHS in England is inviting people to arrange the spring jab through the national booking service when it is their turn. This can be accessed online at nhs.uk/covidvaccine or by calling 119.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/nhs-sajid-javid-health-secretary-people-england-b989447.html
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> BORIS JOHNSON has named Sajid Javid's and Rishi Sunak's successors after the two senior Cabinet members quit their posts on Tuesday.
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> Mr Javid said he could not continue in his post “in good conscience” after losing confidence in Boris Johnson’s leadership. This follows the revelation Mr Johnson admitted he was aware of a misconduct complaint against former deputy chief whip, Chris Pincher, who was suspended from the party following allegations of sexual misconduct last week.
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> But Mr Javid’s replacement has been named as Steve Barclay, who was acting as the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and chief of staff for Downing Street.
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