If you work as part of a nurse agency or if you are part of a well-known nursing recruitment agency then you will know how important it is to keep up to date on the latest news. Some of the latest news has shown that unions are calling for health staff, including carers, to be exempt from the isolation period. If you are seeking care jobs right now then this will also impact your future career. Sajid Javid has said that the isolation period is going to reduce from seven isolation days down to five. He has also said that updated measures are being debated in parliament right now and that the data all show that two out of three Covid cases are not infectious by the time the fifth day comes around.

When it comes to close care, which includes those who have compromised immune systems, you will soon see that nursing staff have to be confident that they are not the ones putting their patients at risk. From Monday, people who can achieve two negative tests on the fifth day are no longer required to isolate. They do have to wait until the end of the fifth day though, with them being able to leave isolation on day six. The isolation period was initially 10 days but it was dropped to 7 and now finally, 5 days. Mr Javid has said that he is going to expand on the reason behind the reduction, saying that anything that curbs on general freedom has to be a last resort and that the measures have to be in place for absolutely no longer than necessary. He stated that the economy and even education are just two ways that people are being damaged as the result of them having to self-isolate and this is major, to say the least.