Councils can arrange Covid vaccines for children in care despite parent opposition, High Court rules
Community Care
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
The High Court has ruled that local authorities can usually arrange for children in their care to have Covid-19 and flu vaccines even when parents object. At a family court hearing last week, Mr Justice Poole ruled that authorities could generally agree the vaccination of children for whom they have a care order without court approval, despite parents’ objections, so long as: The vaccines in question were being administered to children of the relevant age as part of a national programme approved
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