Staff shortages in UK care homes will be exacerbated by the looming CCP virus vaccine mandate, a survey suggests. The government stipulated in August that all care home workers and visitors will have to prove they are fully vaccinated from Nov. 11 unless they are exempt under the regulations. A new survey published on Friday by the Institute of Health and Social Care Management (IHSCM) and PA news agency suggests that half of the care homes will have to let go of some staff due to the new rule. Among 1,045 care managers who responded to the survey by Aug. 25, more than half (55.31 percent) said that based on the vaccination rate of their staff at the time, they would have to dismiss staff before the Nov. 11 deadline. Nearly a quarter (23.83 percent) said they were not likely to have to dismiss staff while the rest said the question …