Exclusive: Royal College of GPs warn staff absences could scupper flu vaccination drive
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Thousands of GPs and nurses are being forced to stay off work as they cannot get tested for Covid-19, England’s test-and-trace tsar has been warned.
The Royal College of GPs has written to Dido Harding, head of the government’s £10bn test and trace programme, warning that staff absences could hit the flu vaccination drive that ministers say is vital to stop the NHS becoming overwhelmed this winter.
