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Julian Sturdy - Strong Voice for York Outer

Julian Sturdy

Member of Parliament for York Outer

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Julian joins Lobular Moon Shot Project

Julian joins Lobular Moon Shot Project

Julian has joined over one-hundred Members of Parliament backing the Lobular Moon Shot Project to improve research funding into lobular breast cancer. Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer (ILC) is the 2nd most common type of breast cancer. 3.75 million people will be diagnosed with this cancer in the next 10 years, yet ILC currently has no specific treatment and behaves

Julian unites with Cancer Research UK

Julian marked World Cancer Day at a special Cancer Research UK event at Westminster...

Julian supports deposit return scheme to keep York tidy

Julian attended a parliamentary drop-in session to discuss hosted by “Reloop” and “Keep Britain...

Julian writes to FCA urging better protection for village banking services

Julian joined 56 other Members of Parliament in penning a letter to the Chief...

Julian hails government U-turn on mandatory NHS worker vaccination

February 1, 2022

As someone who voted against the government’s proposal for mandatory vaccination for frontline NHS staff, I warmly welcome the Health Secretary’s announcement yesterday that he will now consult on ending this.

I am glad he seems to be listening to Conservative MPs like me who resisted the imposition of the policy in December, and expect to see this change implemented in full.

Given the risk of an exodus of experienced staff, this policy should never have been introduced. Although I strongly support vaccination, we simply cannot afford to lose frontline healthcare workers on this issue, and the fact some 94% of York NHS employees are now vaccinated proves the necessary workforce protection can be achieved through persuasion instead.

The government’s position was all the more disappointing given the astonishing success of the booster programme, through voluntary participation by the public. I am glad Ministers are now further retreating from the stifling controls that have characterised the pandemic, and want to see a consistent return to freedom across the board, as we support our public services in tackling the remaining covid threat.