Health Mandatory Covid-19 vaccines for care workers are set to be scrapped Alison Bloomer Feb 1, 2022 Regulations making Covid-19 vaccines a condition of deployment for health and care staff working with people with a…
Education Vulnerable primary school children should be offered a low-dose Covid vaccine Alison Bloomer Dec 22, 2021 The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended that children aged five to 11 years in a…
Health Concerns raised that government survey on Covid vaccinations was hijacked Alison Bloomer Nov 25, 2021 A government consultation on Covid vaccinations could have been hijacked by anti-vaccine activists, after its…
Family Children with a severe learning disability to be offered Covid-19 vaccine Alison Bloomer Jul 19, 2021 Children aged 12 to 15 years with severe neurodisabilities, Down’s syndrome, immunosuppression and multiple or…
Features Unvaccinated and working in social care? Who gets to choose? Steve Scown, CEO, Dimensions UK Apr 26, 2021 Steve Scown, Chief Executive of Dimensions, discusses whether it right that the government legislates to force…
Health Man with severe learning disabilities should have Covid vaccine, judge rules Lauren Nicolle Mar 16, 2021 A case has recently been taken to court after a family objected to their son with severe learning difficulties…
Health All patients on the GP Learning Disability Register can now access a Covid-19… Alison Bloomer Feb 24, 2021 The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised the government to invite all people on the…
Autism Mild and moderate learning disabilities included in Scotland’s next… Alison Bloomer Feb 22, 2021 People with a mild or moderate learning disability who live in Scotland will now be included in vaccination…
Features Covid-19 vaccines and learning disability groups Alison Bloomer Jan 8, 2021 There has been a lot of information about the Covid-19 vaccines and priority groups recently, but where do people…