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For further easing soon. hugh pym, bbc news. nhs staff in england could soon be exempt from quarantine if they are pinged by the covid 19 app, under plans being considered by downing street. ministers have already said that, from 16th august, people who are double jabbed can avoid self isolation, even if the app traces them as a covid contact. that date may now be brought forward for health service staff. chris hopson is chief executive of nhs providers, which represents hospital trusts in england. do you need to stay to be brought forward? , ., , . forward? there is a difficult balance to forward? there is a difficult balance to strike forward? there is a difficult balance to strike here. - forward? there is a difficult balance to strike here. on i forward? there is a difficult i balance to strike here. on the forward? there is a difficult - balance to strike here. on the one hand we know that the delta variant to 60% more transmissible, so it is vital we do everything we can to ....
Quite a strong argument that we should basically bring forward that day for nhs staff so that we can intuitively have staff. there is quite an important couple of things to note here, which is people looking forward when. as the community infection rates rise in the number of people who will be pinged and need to self isolate will go pinged and need to self isolate will 9° up pinged and need to self isolate will go up significantly, secondly, we are about to hit peak summer leave period and we have lots of staff who have carried overly from january and february when they couldn t have any. 0ne trusted protecting it might have 20% overall of its staff absent in three weeks, meaning they would have to cancel 900 operations. you can see why there is a strong argument to ensure that nhs staff who were vaccinated earlier and have been double jabbed, we should bring that date forward. till when? ....