Senior NHS staff say they disagree with the prime minister's planned changes to English Covid rules.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson could announce an end to free testing and the self-isolation period on Monday
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce new relaxations to Covid rules in England on Monday. In the survey of more than 300 NHS leaders, four-fifths said they disagreed with the expected plan to end free testing.Asked on Thursday if free Covid tests would be scrapped next week, Health Secretary Sajid Javid said: "We are looking at how we learn to live with Covid. And that does mean the protections we've enjoyed over the last few months, that they all should be reviewed.
Professor Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard, who chairs the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, says the change being proposed by the government "feels very sudden". Fredi Cavander-Attwood, from the MS Society, said: "It is not our goal for blanket restrictions to be reinstated. We simply want all 500,000 immunocompromised people, including some with MS, to be protected and supported to manage their risk so they can live normal lives.
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