NEW figures reveal around one in seven workers in Oxfordshire are yet to receive a jab.

It comes as Covid vaccinations are to be made compulsory for care home staff in England.

Staff will be given 16 weeks to get fully vaccinated from the time new legislation is approved by Parliament, health secretary Matt Hancock has announced.

He said the move, set to take effect from October, was aimed at protecting the most vulnerable from the virus and would cover all workers employed by a care home provider.

But concerns have been raised by leaders in the care sector that such a “oppressive” approach would lead to staff shortages.

NHS figures show in Oxfordshire, 894 out of 6,197 eligible staff, including agency workers, at older adult care homes had not received a first dose by June 13, 14% of all those eligible for the vaccine.

That proportion has fallen slightly from April 11, shortly after plans for mandatory vaccinations first emerged, when 18% were unvaccinated.

Nationally, the proportion unvaccinated is 16%.

Back in April a five-week consultation on the proposal was launched by the Department of Health and Social Care.

It has seen the idea extended to cover not only care homes for older people, but all Care Quality Commission-registered care homes providing nursing and personal care.