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Vaccination as Condition of Deployment (VCOD) measures set to be cancelled

Regulations requiring healthcare workers to be fully vaccinated by 1 April should no longer be applied, the Health Secretary Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP announced to Parliament on the evening of 31 January. Joint statement from the GMC and Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, 10 February NHS England letter and FAQs re: VCOD, 8 February […]

Date created: 15th February 2022

Last updated: 13th April 2022

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Lambeth LMC newsletter – February 2022

Dear Colleague, We have become accustomed to frequent and varying advice to GPs, but the last-minute decision to reconsider Vaccination as a Condition of Deployment (VCOD) must be the nearest to a handbrake turn! In our meeting, we discussed how practices have spent time on this, it has affected relationships, some have lost staff, others […]

Date created: 8th February 2022

Last updated: 2nd December 2022

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Vaccination as Condition of Deployment (VCOD) measures paused and set to be cancelled by end of February

Regulations requiring healthcare workers to be fully vaccinated by 1 April should no longer be applied, the Health Secretary Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP announced to Parliament on the evening of 31 January. NHS England letter re: VCOD, 31 January A statutory two week consultation period will take place and then the Government will move […]

Date created: 1st February 2022

Last updated: 10th May 2022

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Covid medical exemption certificates guidance

The GP contract update made GPs responsible for actioning patient requests for Covid medical exemption certificates. Check our updated guidance for who to contact for help in the event of a complaint. Covid-19 vaccination medical exemption certificates guidance.  

Date created: 21st January 2022

Last updated: 10th May 2022