Covid 19 vaccinations already taking place in York at Askham Bar ABOUT 150 people in York will get the chance to trial a new Covid vaccine in a first for the city. York is one of nine locations across the UK taking part in the global trial of a new Covid-19 vaccine. York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is to work with the University of York and Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust to trial the new jab. The vaccine study will involve a total of 30,000 adult subjects globally, and locally about 150 people, aged between 18 and 40 who have not already had a vaccine for Covid-19, taking part in the trials.
Councillor opens up on own tragic loss as a teenager to encourage men to talk
Cllr Chris Cooke has joined efforts to set up a Middlesbrough branch of Andy’s Man Club
08:00, 21 APR 2021
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A councillor has urged men to get talking and open up about their experiences after revealing his own family loss.
By Alex Metcalfe
Councillor Chris Cooke has joined efforts to set up a Middlesbrough branch of Andy’s Man Club A COUNCILLOR has urged men to get talking and open up about their experiences after revealing his own family loss. Cllr Chris Cooke was elected to the Newport ward in 2019 and has joined efforts to set up a Middlesbrough branch of Andy’s Man Club. The club offers men a space where they can talk and benefit from peer-to-peer support in sessions every Monday. Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 45 and council officials believe the impact of the last year will only exacerbate the problem.
One of the more positive outcomes of the recent shenanigans at Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust is the focus on the Freedom To Speak Up (FTSU) process.
Although the trust has much work to do to rebuild confidence in its leadership following the recent revelations about serious governance failings, it is encouraging that action was taken when concerns were raised through FTSU.
However, more needs to be done.
The trust’s board, which met in public for the first time since
HSJ revealed the failings, was told there have been a “flurry” of concerns raised through FTSU.
Directors acknowledged that some staff “might not have had the best experience” after raising concerns through FTSU, and a trust report on the topic has raised questions about the culture of the organisation.
NHS waiting lists have grown as a result of the pandemic THOUSANDS of patients are waiting more than a year for non urgent treatment at York Hospital, figures reveal. The latest data shows that 2,473 people have been waiting for more than 52 weeks for treatment and 528 patients have now waited for more than a year and a half. The numbers are actually lower than initially predicted and hospital leaders have praised staff for their efforts to treat patients on the waiting list while the number of Covid inpatients remained high. Wendy Scott, of the hospital trust, said: We did forecast that we would have a significant number of long waiters and we are actually below where we forecast ourselves to be.