It will come as a very welcome relief to so many that schools are returning on 8th March.  For educational and social reasons schools quite rightly are the top priority in a purposeful programme to get us back to normality. 

With over 1 in 4 adults vaccinated and everyone over 70 having been offered a jab, the UK has made immense progress in making people safer, reducing the future demands on the NHS and creating a sustainable path out of lockdown.

Nearly one in four adults in the UK have now received their first dose of a Covid vaccine. I have been pleased to hear from constituents who have had an excellent experience of receiving their vaccine at one of the local centres.

Local GP led vaccination centres continue to contact over 70s and those who are clinically extremely vulnerable, including those who are housebound, to book in vaccinations.

Local vaccine teams continue to make great progress.  Vaccines are being effectively delivered with “wastage”, at only 0.02 per cent, being kept to an absolute minimum.

Across West Sussex:

I wanted to share the information below in case it is helpful for residents. 

West Sussex County Council have an eNewsletter which keeps reisdents up to date with the latest Covid-19 developments across West Sussex. Updates include information such as:

Hospitals/Covid Cases

I am very pleased that elderly people in care homes have been prioritised to receive Covid vaccines. I know this has been an incredibly challenging time for residents, their families and care home staff. 

This week we passed the awful milestone of 100,000 UK deaths within 28 days of testing positive for Covid 19.  A death in the family is always desperate but this toll has proved so much worse for so many by the circumstances.  The inability to say goodbye properly, the inability to meet with frie

It is very important to emphasise that the new regional vaccination centres are additional to and not instead of the excellent work being undertaken locally.