More than 60,000 unvaccinated NHS workers face the sack unless they have a Covid jab in TWO WEEKS time despite warnings rules could have 'catastrophic' impact on health service NHS staff who have not had Covid vaccine will be sacked after formal meetings They will be called into meetings from February 4 and given dismissal warning Notices will be issued from that day with March 31 marking end of notice period All frontline staff are required to have both doses of the Covid vaccine by April 1 This means that by February 3 the first of the two doses must have been given By Imogen Horton For The Daily Mail Published: 07:09 GMT, 18 January 2022 | Updated: 07:12 GMT, 18 January 2022 Viewcomments NHS staff who have not had the Covid vaccine will be sacked after formal meetings in just over two weeks. According to new NHS guidance to employers, all frontline staff who have not received a vaccine will be called into formal meetings from February 4 and given a warning that they face dismissal. Notices will be issued from that day with March 31 marking the end of the notice period, The Daily Telegraph reported. People arrive at and leave St Thomas' Hospital in London on December 23, 2021 All frontline staff are required to have both doses of the Covid jab by April 1 meaning that by February 3 the first must have been given. Managers within the NHS have been advised that they can move unvaccinated staff from the front line into backroom roles which do not involve direct patient contact. The guidance adds that they will not have to help workers find ‘suitable alternative employment’ and redundancy payments will not be made to those who are dismissed. More than 80,000, which accounts for six per cent of NHS workers, remain unvaccinated. NHS organisations have also been told that they should provide warning to regulators if they find certain areas will be hit by staffing shortages and threaten patient safety. Those who have been vaccinated will be asked for their Covid pass to prove their status or alternatively their exemption evidence. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility