With the American pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer reporting groundbreaking news of a 90% effective Covid vaccine, I immediately cross my fingers and whispered let this be the end! Announcing via their Twitter account, Pfizer chairman and CEO said ” Today is a great day for science and humanity” the tweet also stated, “analysis, has demonstrated evidence of efficacy against Covid in participants without prior evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection.” So what have the medical experts said? Professor of virology Ian Jones said, “The data shows impressive protection and no reported adverse effects ..read more

Taking an astonishing amount of questions from 100 MP’S, Boris Johnson today unveiled his new ‘Three Tier’ system in the house of commons, broken down in simple terms his new alert system for England is Tier 1 medium, Tier 2 high, and Tier 3 very high. Jonhson made a stark and grim statement that, “There are now more people in hospital with Covid than when we went into lockdown on March 23rd.” Along with the basics of mask wearing, hand washing, and social distancing, Tier 1 stipulates the 10pm hospitality curfew and a ban on most gatherings of more than six people. This is the lowest level. T ..read more

With a union jack flag at the side of him, sat at a large oak table in a smart suit, millions of Brits tuned in eager to hear Borish Johnson speak. Stating the struggle against COVID being the single biggest crisis the world has faced in his lifetime, Our prime minister with a stern voice using fist banging motions, used quotes such as ” a stitch in time saves nine” and lines such as “the tragic reality of having COVID is that your mild cough can be someone else’s death”, almost felt like he was about to jump through the TV and into our living rooms! So what did our prime ministers attempt at ..read more

With talks of a “2nd wave” of Coronavirus and the possibility of another lock down being reported, and as the old saying goes “Curiosity killed the cat” I decided to put out a poll on Social media asking people about getting a Flu jab this year, and received mixed results. I get mine every year for various reasons, one being I have a health condition and come under the at risk category, and two working as a Healthcare worker I am more exposed to the Flu virus, plus having the Flu jab helps to reduce staff sickness. I have to admit I was surprised with the results of the poll, and was expectin ..read more

After penning that viral post and hitting the post button on Facebook never did I envisage what would ensue afterwards. The driving force behind that post and the campaign to petition for our Government to recognise and reward NHS healthcare workers came solely from a personal passion that I hold for the work Healthcare Assistants undertake every day. A feeling of anger, shared by many thousands of other Healthcare workers and members of the general public for being labelled “unskilled” by our Government was also a huge factor that gave me constant determination to achieve success with my camp ..read more

So my phone buzzes, and its an email from the Government Petitions Committee, as I nervously scroll through my eyes immediately spot the sentence I’m pleased to let you know that the petitions committee has agreed to schedule a debate on your pay rise petition, I almost dropped my phone! I couldn’t believe it, the previous day I felt my campaign had gone a little stale, with media interest in my campaign drying up I began to wonder if NHS staff and frontline workers had been forgotten about? I said to myself, Shane you just need a fresh approach, so I decided to move away from the usual contac ..read more

Coronavirus has without a doubt taken its toll on many people, taking a particularly hard toll on those suffering from mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. I take a look at how the pandemic has affected our mental health, particularly those of us who already had mental health issues before the pandemic. Also, some information on what experts advise can help us to cope or care for family, friends, and work colleagues who have been affected. The world we currently live in has become a very unsettling and alien place. Coronavirus has changed everything we th ..read more

Three months into the Coronavirus pandemic, the government announce that wearing face coverings on public transport will be compulsory in England from the 15th of June. The public will now have to wear coverings on buses, trains, aircraft, and ferries. Young children, disabled people, and those with breathing difficulties will be exempt. As the UK recorded the deaths of another 176 people tested positive for Coronavirus, taking the total death toll in the UK to 39,904. What if people don’t comply? These new travel rules will become part of our everyday lives, and as a Government policy if you ..read more

What does the term “BAME” mean? A term used to describe people not classed as being of a White British ethnicity tends to fall into the BAME collective in the UK. The term is often used in media and politics, but more so now as those classed as BAME have become the focus of studies suggesting Coronavirus is more likely to be fatal to them than those that don’t fall under its wing. With recent analysis showing that black men and women are four times as likely to die from the virus when compared with white people, health Secretary Matt Hancock has ordered an urgent probe into why they are more ..read more

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