UK: Doctors face vaccine check as part of regular medical MoT - Times Online

[Sheri Nakken]

that ought to stir some things up
Sheri
Doctors on the NHS front line who refuse vaccinations against common infections risk losing their right to practise under a new appraisal system.

Annual assessments being introduced next year to maintain standards of medical competency will include whether doctors are immunised against common serious communicable diseases. This would include infections such as tuberculosis, hepatitis B and rubella but also could include seasonal flu.

Although current medical best practice guidance recommends jabs for flu where available, many frontline health workers, including GPs and consultants, ignore the advice. In the 2008-09 winter flu season, fewer than one in seven frontline NHS staff had a flu jab.

Under the new scheme for medical regulation ­ the biggest overhaul of the sector in 150 years ­ doctors will undergo annual appraisals of their skills and knowledge. Licences to practise as a doctor will then be issued by the General Medical Council (GMC) every five years, based on the appraisals.
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