Reasonable or “unnecessarily hostile”? This week’s HSJ Health Check debates whether its right for a trust to threaten its staff with disciplinary or regulatory action if they try and have their second covid jab early.

University Hospitals Birmingham FT sent an email to its workforce doing just this. Could this have been communicated better?

We also discuss whether mandatory vaccination could be on the cards for health professionals and whether there is a role for the regulators here too.

And it may come as a surprise to some, but data has revealed patient good will towards the health service has dropped sharply since the autumn. A symptom of the continued impact on electives? Or could this change direction considering the success of the vaccine programme?

Featuring Annabelle Collins, Matt Discombe and Rebecca Thomas.