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Scottish medics not exempt from quarantine loophole granted to English doctors

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quarantine rules requiring travellers from abroad to self-isolate for 14 days.A loophole in the Home Office’s quarantine means that medical staff returning from abroad to England will be able to avoid the 14-day isolation rule, but the Scottish government has ruled out an exemption.The guidelines outlined by Home Secretary Priti Patel makes it clear that in England doctors, nurses and other “registered” NHS workers can travel abroad and then go straight back to work without the fortnight’s quarantine.But NHS England advice that “non-clinical” workers such as healthcare assistants, cleaners and support staff would have to self-isolate for two weeks unpaid or take annual leave has led to accusations of a “two-tier” system.Get all the top.

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