NHS staff providing hospital care to older people with severe mental illness have spoken of their joy and relief at seeing their vulnerable patients receive the Covid-19 vaccine. Patients over the age of 80 on mental health wards in hospitals across North Wales are among those to have received the vaccine in recent weeks, in what staff have described as a huge milestone in the fight against the pandemic. Patients on older person’s mental health wards often have severe mental illness or complex dementia, which can make keeping them safe from Covid-19 infection particularly challenging. Since the beginning of the pandemic, staff within Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board’s (BCUHB) mental health and learning disabilities services have introduced significant changes to their working practices in order to keep patients safe.