Recognising the value of “shared pain”—mandatory covid-19 vaccination should include all NHS workers

There has been considerable discussion about the wisdom or otherwise of making covid-19 vaccination mandatory in certain settings, especially after Matt Hancock implied that most of the patients in hospital with covid-19 in Bolton had chosen not to be vaccinated.1 That vaccination is to be made compulsory for care home staff in England comes as no surprise.2 It is currently unclear whether this applies to only “frontline care...