The government has remained silent on whether unhindered nursing home staff can get their jobs back after the U-turn –

Sajid Javid’s Department of Health and Welfare (DHSC) was criticized today for keeping silent that thousands of caregivers who were laid off for not receiving the Covid vaccine can get their jobs back.

The House of Representatives’ Secondary Legislation Review Committee said there were “many important issues that still need to be addressed”.

Up to 40,000 workers were actually laid off when the controversial “no ban, no jobs” policy was implemented in November.

This is why health leaders opposed the law, which will also apply to NHS workers from 1 April.

Hospital staff were unaffected by the warrant, as it had not yet come into effect, but nursing homes had to get rid of all uninfected caregivers.

Business leaders have warned that it is too late as many will not bother returning to the highly understaffed industry that lacked 100,000 caregivers before the Covid hit.

This chart shows the percentage of UK nursing home staff who received each of their Covid vaccines on 17 March, the latest available data.

And this chart shows the percentage of NHS medical staff who had each of their Covid strokes on 17 March, the latest data available.

One of the committee members, Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, commended the DHSC for the knowledge and scientific evidence behind its decision to repeal the jab mandate policy.

“But there are still things to worry about,” he said.

In a memorandum submitted to the committee, the DHSC said it was “in consultation with the NHS” to review its hiring policies to take “vaccination status” into account when recruiting new staff.

Baroness Bakewall said such a move… “It needs an adequate assessment in light of the pandemic experience”.

And he said it was “disappointing” that the DHSC remained silent on whether the layoffs could be reinstated.

The DHSC said rehiring staff should be decided by “each employer”.

Baroness Bakewall added: “This change leaves many important issues to be addressed.”

In a statement, Lords expressed their “surprise and disappointment” at the DHSC’s failure to provide any estimates of policy layoffs or the number of staff leaving the service pending NHS mandate.

No10’s ‘no jobs’ policy for healthcare workers came into effect in November as the UK prepares for the impact of the Omicron variant.

Nursing home directors warned the move would paralyze an already understaffed industry.

A similar policy was due to apply to NHS staff in April of this year, but Javid took a U-turn after warning that an estimated 80,000 NHS shootings without stabbing could lead to a crippling staff shortage.

Both mandatory jab policies were officially lifted on March 15.

A public consultation followed, with 90 percent of the responses supporting the elimination of the need for medical staff.

At the time, Mr Javid defended the vaccine mandate, saying it was “the right policy when it was first decided”.

However, he added that the situation has changed after “high vaccine coverage among the population and clinical trials on the current Omicron variant, which is inherently less severe than Delta.”

Fears that the highly contagious strain could disrupt health services and send the UK back to the darkest days of the pandemic were proven wrong.

While the Omicron is much more lethal than other Covid variants, it’s lighter in terms of terms – and the hits still worked against it.

The Lords Committee’s criticism of the ministry’s silence on the need to now reinstate staff dismissed for abandoned health duty comes after health sector figures apologized.

Some nursing home workers said they hated being treated like “guinea pigs” because of relocation, while some managers said they had to lay off one-sixth of their staff because of duty.

The unions also apologized to the government social workers for their experiences, describing it as “the least they could do”.

As of 17 March, 52.2% of around 550,000 UK nursing home workers had received a booster injection for Covid, according to the most recent data available.

The acceptance rate is highest for NHS staff, with 1.2 million people receiving at least three doses of Covid vaccine to 1.5 million workers, or around 78%.

Around 67% of the UK’s eligible population has experienced a Covid recall, around 38.6 million people.

A spokesperson for the DHSC told MailOnline that employers must decide whether to reinstate redundant staff under the old policy.

“The issue of rehiring staff who have been laid off or resigned due to regulations is an issue for any employer, and they may want to seek independent legal advice.”

The spokesperson added that Covid strikes remain the best defense against the virus and that employers of health and care workers should continue to encourage them to get vaccinated.