Oldham nurse featured at International Women s Day 2021 Date published: 02 March 2021
Oldham nurse Sarah Hallam
A fascinating talk about an Oldham nurse who was prepared to stand up and challenge the norm is one of the events being held to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8.
Following the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 Sarah Hallam volunteered to go to Brussels, to help wounded Belgian soldiers.
Whilst Sarah was in Brussels the Germans occupied the city and after spending two months there, she was forced to leave and return to Oldham.
However, being the woman that she was, Sarah was not content to sit out the war at home.
Council chief demands tools to tackle jobs crisis Date published: 26 February 2021
Deputy Leader of Oldham Council, Abdul Jabbar
Oldham’s Deputy Leader, Cllr Abdul Jabbar, has called for Councils to be given new tools to help people back into work as unemployment figures reveal the extent of the jobs crisis .
As the ONS figures published this week reveal 13,725 are now claiming unemployment support across Oldham Borough, Cllr Jabbar is calling for greater freedom and support to boost local jobs markets including:
· Help councils make jobs their number one priority – devolving and funding the delivery of employment services so that councils can use local knowledge to get people into work
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Oldham has delivered over 50,000 doses of the Coronavirus vaccine
The borough surpassed the milestone in the same week over-65s become eligible for the vaccination following last week’s national announcement.
People within the top four priority groups have been receiving their first doses of the vaccine since the middle of December, including care home residents and staff, frontline health and social care workers, the clinically extremely vulnerable and those aged 70 and over.
So far 90% of residents over the age of 80 have received their first jab, alongside 91% of 75-year-olds and 81% of those aged 70+ and those who are clinically extremely vulnerable.