This is LBC from Global, leading Britain's conversation with David Lammy.

Hello, it's David Lammy here on LBC this morning, leading Britain's conversation.

And I want to talk about the fact that NHS staff will no longer get the coronavirus vaccine first in this rethink that seems to

have happened overnight. Now we're going to be prioritising residents in care homes.

So those who are older adults will get the vaccine before frontline health and social care workers.

And look, many of you will know that the winter is the toughest time for the NHS.

Let's face it, you know, flu and a whole range of other things that drive people

into hospitals. And so the assumption was that those that care for us, the 1.4 million NHS workers,

would get access to the vaccine first because it's essential.

And you remember in those early images of who was dying from coronavirus,

those images of doctors and nurses and care workers were going down.

The hard work that they were putting in lines across their faces because of the

mask that they were wearing. And so this winter, it's essential that those people, it seems to me,

get access to the vaccine. If they feel safe, then we can all feel safe if it happens that we or someone that we love

is ill and has to go into hospital.

We're told that that initial batch is about 800,000 vaccines, shots.

If that's the case, then it will be enough.

Well, not quite enough, actually, for those in our care homes, but it's a good way to get to the elderly. But clearly, the NHS workers will not

get access to it. Because if you've only got 800,000 batches and you've got 1.4 million NHS workers. You can see how NHS workers will lose out.

So I want to hear from you this morning. How do you feel about it? Should we be prioritising

our nurses and our doctors? Or actually in the end, because of what happened in our care homes, it's absolutely right that

we prioritise those over 80 and those who are vulnerable first, those who need that touch

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