On 13th July 21 the British Government passed legislation on England to make it mandatory for employees in the Care industry to take a drug, which is currently going through clinical trials, as a requirement to keep their job.
It is unprecedented to force an employee to be part of clinical trials as a requirement of their employment.
We know that legislation submitted by the Minister mis-lead MPs, she submitted official documents stating an impact assessment had been completed and was available, when in fact it wasn’t.
The Scottish and Welsh Governments have no intention to impose such a legislation on care workers in their own countries.
We will need to see how this develops over the coming days and weeks, and respond to employers accordingly.
Regulatory Policy Committee statement on The Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021
This is the Regulatory Policy Committee statement on The Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021From:Regulatory Policy CommitteePublished13 July 2021
The Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 were debated in the House of Commons today, 13th July 2021. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has not yet submitted an appropriate impact assessment (IA) to the RPC for us to assess and provide an opinion on. As a qualifying regulatory provision, an IA should have been produced by the Department, submitted to the RPC for independent scrutiny, seen by ministers and presented to Parliament.
We remain open to the DHSC submitting an appropriate IA for RPC scrutiny to allow us to provide an opinion on whether it is fit for purpose or not fit for purpose.