BMA chairman warns against GPs issuing vaccine passports

A SENIOR doctor has warned it could prove “horrendous” for GPs if they were tasked with providing proof of Covid-19 vaccination for patients looking to travel abroad.

On Monday, speaking to the media, Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested doctors may be asked to produce proof of vaccination for those going overseas, in a similar way to other jabs like that for yellow fever.

Dr Chaand Nagpaul, chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA), said this administrative burden would take doctors away from patient care. He told the BBC’s World at One programme: “It would be horrendous if GP practices had to be spending their time dealing with queries for certificates for patients.

“That would be, in fact, taking us away from looking after patients, taking our staff away from taking phone calls – that would be horrendous.”