It is a legal requirement for staff of healthcare facilities, including private GP practices, to have appropriate vaccinations to protect themselves and your patients.
It is a CQC requirement that staff working in GP practices must be immunised appropriately depending on their role within the practice.
The CQC will check the immunisation status of your employees during your inspection, so it is important to make sure all your employees are compliant.
Not all staff in your clinic will be required to have the same vaccinations. The requirements will depend on their role and exposure to patients.
Every staff member who comes into contact with patients should be up to date with their routine immunisations and some staff may require further vaccinations, particularly if they have had exposure to an illness or disease.
The full list of requirements is listed on the CQC website and linked in our further resources section.
If any of your staff don’t have the required immunisations, they will need to have them in order to become compliant.
As a private provider, you will need to arrange for and pay for any immunisations required for your salaried employees.
Independent contractors will need to arrange and pay for immunisations or immunity tests and provide you with evidence of these.
You will need to ensure you have evidence for all immunisations to share with the CQC.
You will need to show the CQC that an effective immunisation programme is in place at your practice.
Employees should have an occupational health assessment and a pre-employment health assessment which will review immunisation needs and history.
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