Hospital boss admits they may lose staff over compulsory vaccines
The issue of mandatory jabs also made headlines this weekend after a doctor challenged Health Secretary Sajid Javid about the plan, saying he was "not happy" that he faces being dismissed for not getting the jab.
"We will not make individuals be vaccinated," Mr Kay told the BBC's Sophie Raworth on the Sunday Morning programme. "We must treat them with kindness, with compassion, we must give them every single opportunity to talk through if they don't want the vaccine... but ultimately it is their choice." But he said he was "of course" worried about staffing, adding: "My job is to worry about everything in relation to whether or not we have enough staff here to provide care for patients safely."
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