Just one in three nurses in London have been vaccinated against swine flu, the NHS has admitted. A BBC London Freedom of Information request has shown the majority of medical staff remain unprotected against the virus.
Although swine flu rarely kills healthy adults, it is dangerous to many patients in hospitals. NHS London insisted the vaccine take-up was “encouraging” and rising, with more than 60,000 staff having had the jab. But figures, seen by BBC London, reveal the take-up has hit a plateau, with a limited increase in the numbers of staff to have been vaccinated over the last month.
via BBC News – ‘Two thirds’ of London nurses without swine flu jab.
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