Covid Watch 171: GPs boosting jab delivery in south west Shropshire to meet New Year target
andybodders On Sunday, Boris Johnson announced that all adults who have not yet had a booster jab will be offered a jab before the New Year. Here in Ludlow, GPs have…
Covid Watch 170: Boosters boosted as Boris Johnson declares “Omicron Tidal Wave” but don’t panic say local GPs
Spare a thought for our GPs, pharmacists and health professionals. They will be falling asleep as they tuck into their Christmas turkeys and nut roasts as they work flat out…
Covid Watch 169: Omicron arrives in Shropshire amid no let-up in infection rates
Its here. Omicron is in Shropshire and in Telford & Wrekin, with nearly 2,000 identified across the UK. There is a lot to be learnt about Omicron. We know it…
Nearly two-thirds of Shropshire A&E ambulances are delayed at hospitals – the second worst performance in country
I am a health assistant in a GP practice in south Shropshire, writes Tracey Huffer. We are working flat out to get everyone jabbed and catch up with the backlog…
Covid Watch 168: Omicron, face masks, new testing advice and peaking cases
Our country has been battered by Storm Arwen. Could it also be about to be battered by Variant Omicron? The new Covid variant has twice as many mutations as Delta,…