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Kirsty O'Connor/POOL/AFP via Getty Images The UK government says it will vaccinate all health and social care workers by February 15. This is looming closer, and many workers still don't know when they're getting the shot. Five frontline workers spoke to Insider about being left in limbo. Healthcare workers in the UK are getting increasingly frustrated at not knowing when they'll get their first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine. This includes testing center workers and student doctors who don't know where they fall on the priority list, and fear they may fall through t...

'It feels like we're just not cared about': Healthcare staff speak out about how the UK's chaotic vaccine rollout means they're treating patients without getting the vaccine themselves insider@insider.com (Grace Dean) © Kirsty O'Connor/POOL/AFP via Getty Images A doctor prepares to administer a COVID-19 vaccine at the Sunrise Care Home in Sidcup, south east London Kirsty O'Connor/POOL/AFP via Getty Images The UK government says it will vaccinate all health and social care workers by February 15. This is looming closer, and many workers still don't know when they're getting ...

Hospital staff, many of whom have not yet been vaccinated, are "suffering psychologically" working in a system overwhelmed by COVID-19.

» The UK's hospital system is on the brink of collapse, forcing overworked staff to postpone cancer treatments, stretch oxygen supplies, and put themselves at risk of catching COVID-19 The UK's hospital system is on the brink of collapse, forcing overworked staff to postpone cancer treatments, stretch oxygen supplies, and put themselves at risk of catching COVID-19 Kate DuffyJan 15, 2021, 19:58 IST Samantha Lee/Insider Medical staff in UK hospitals told Insider they're struggling to cope with the chaos of the coronavirus crisis. Dr. Tom Dolphin, who works in a London hospital, said the oxyge...