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Although locked down with our everyday lives much restricted there is a palpable sense of relief in the air. At the time of writing over 13.5 million doses of vaccine have been administered.  As you read this we will have reached the government’s target date for vaccinating the top four groups in phase one of[…]

As we approach mid-February – where the government and the NHS had aimed to vaccinated the top four at risk groups from COVID-19 – I wanted to give you a further update on local and national progress. First though can I thank the many hundreds of people who have come back with questions from my[…]

Vaccinations progress. In York and North Yorkshire as of Monday of this week there had been 52,500 vaccinations delivered to the extremely clinically vulnerable groups and a further 12,000 in hospitals to front line health and care workers. In our area the majority of vaccinations are being delivered at the centre at the Yorkshire Showground.[…]

Nobody wanted this lockdown, but there is a big difference between the current restrictions and previous ones. That difference is the light at the end of the tunnel provided by the vaccines. And the good news about the vaccination programme seems to be building locally and nationally. The approval of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca and Moderna[…]

COVID-19 vaccination progress. We are all keen for as much information as possible about the national and local roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine which is why I am writing to you today. The vaccine provides us with a light at the end of the tunnel in the current lockdown but the medical advice we are receiving could[…]

In the first school week of the new lockdown pupils eligible for free school meals have been receiving packed lunches.  However, the adequacy of these packages has already been questioned by local MP Andrew Jones. Mr Jones was contacted by a constituent in Knaresborough who told him that she had received two pre-packed sandwiches, two[…]