• Latest
  • Trending

Special school staff in Tameside given Covid vaccine to prevent leftovers being wasted

Gates Cambridge Scholarship celebrates 20th anniversary

Gates Cambridge Scholarship celebrates 20th anniversary

Israel-Gaza conflict rages as US envoy visits

Israel-Gaza conflict rages as US envoy visits

Police and Crime Commissioner to end funding for heroin addiction treatment scheme

Police and Crime Commissioner to end funding for heroin addiction treatment scheme

News Press Live
  • Home
  • News
    • All
    • Crime
    • Economy
    • News of England
    • News of Northern Ireland
    • News of Scotland
    • News of Wales
    Gates Cambridge Scholarship celebrates 20th anniversary

    Gates Cambridge Scholarship celebrates 20th anniversary

    Israel-Gaza conflict rages as US envoy visits

    Israel-Gaza conflict rages as US envoy visits

    Police and Crime Commissioner to end funding for heroin addiction treatment scheme

    Police and Crime Commissioner to end funding for heroin addiction treatment scheme

    Nicola Sturgeon’s own economic adviser warns Indyref2 puts recovery at risk

    Nicola Sturgeon’s own economic adviser warns Indyref2 puts recovery at risk

    Horse Racing Getting back on track

    Rochdale hopes machine centre will manufacture revival in fortunes

    The sad state of Cardiff city centre after a year of lockdown as shops lose fight to hold on

    The sad state of Cardiff city centre after a year of lockdown as shops lose fight to hold on

    Convoy drives through London shouting  the Jews, rape their daughters’

    Convoy drives through London shouting the Jews, rape their daughters’

    Conflict intensifies in Gaza as Israeli strikes destroy Gaza tower housing

    Trending Tags

      • Crime
      • Economy
      • News of England
      • News of Northern Ireland
      • News of Scotland
    • Royal Family
    • Tv & Showbiz
    • World News
    • JOBS
    • Sport
      • Football
      • Watch Live Score Football (Soccer) Videos
    • Login
    • Register
    • Latest Headlines
    • Advertise With Us
    • Find A Job
    Monday, January 30, 2023
    Watch Live Sport
    • Home
    • News
      • All
      • Crime
      • Economy
      • News of England
      • News of Northern Ireland
      • News of Scotland
      • News of Wales
      Gates Cambridge Scholarship celebrates 20th anniversary

      Gates Cambridge Scholarship celebrates 20th anniversary

      Israel-Gaza conflict rages as US envoy visits

      Israel-Gaza conflict rages as US envoy visits

      Police and Crime Commissioner to end funding for heroin addiction treatment scheme

      Police and Crime Commissioner to end funding for heroin addiction treatment scheme

      Nicola Sturgeon’s own economic adviser warns Indyref2 puts recovery at risk

      Nicola Sturgeon’s own economic adviser warns Indyref2 puts recovery at risk

      Horse Racing Getting back on track

      Rochdale hopes machine centre will manufacture revival in fortunes

      The sad state of Cardiff city centre after a year of lockdown as shops lose fight to hold on

      The sad state of Cardiff city centre after a year of lockdown as shops lose fight to hold on

      Convoy drives through London shouting  the Jews, rape their daughters’

      Convoy drives through London shouting the Jews, rape their daughters’

      Conflict intensifies in Gaza as Israeli strikes destroy Gaza tower housing

      Trending Tags

        • Crime
        • Economy
        • News of England
        • News of Northern Ireland
        • News of Scotland
      • Royal Family
      • Tv & Showbiz
      • World News
      • JOBS
      • Sport
        • Football
        • Watch Live Score Football (Soccer) Videos
      No Result
      View All Result
      News Press Live
      No Result
      View All Result

      Special school staff in Tameside given Covid vaccine to prevent leftovers being wasted

      15.4k
      VIEWS
      Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

      Special school staff in Tameside have received the Covid vaccine to prevent leftovers going to waste.

      With the Pfizer vaccine having such a short ‘life’, the borough has key workers it can call on at short notice to prevent any being wasted.

      Among those are 150 staff from Cromwell High and Oakdale School, both in Dukinfield, who have now benefited from the vaccine.

      With growing concerns over special schools and nurseries remaining fully open during lockdown, unlike schools which are restricted to vulnerable and key worker children, the move has been welcomed by a teachers’ union.

      Jac Casson, of Greater Manchester’s national executive members for NASUWT, said: “We welcome the news that Tameside Council has prioritised special school staff for vaccination and ask that this action be replicated across the GM authorities.

      The Pfizer vaccine
      (Image: Adam Vaughan)

      “As the teachers’ union we are also gravely concerned that special schools and nurseries have been directed to remain fully open. It is not just the health and safety of our members that we fear for, but all of our communities.

      “The purpose of the third national lockdown is to severely restrict the number of contacts people have. There has yet to be any scientific evidence published by the government that explains why it is safe for these parts of the sector to be open when it is not safe to open mainstream schools and colleges.

      Read More
      Related Articles
      Read More
      Related Articles

      “Nurseries and special schools, by the nature of the children and young people they care for, find operating with two metre social distancing practically impossible, it is often inappropriate for the children to wear face coverings too.

      “Often children are transported to and from special schools in groups on mini buses and taxis.

      “All of this puts not only our members at risk from a potentially lethal infection, but also the children and their families.

      “The NASUWT has requested where possible pupil and childcare places are limited, that the staff should be provided with medical grade, quality PPE as a matter of course and that all other measures are taken to mitigate against the spread of the virus.”

      Staff from Oakdale School have received the vaccine
      (Image: Google Maps)

      Tameside Council said that remaining staff at both schools are on standby lists for the vaccine, as well as teaching and school care staff at its other special schools.

      They will be called on if others in the current 1-4 priority groups are unavailable at short notice.

      These include:

      • Priority 1 – Care home residents and staff / people aged 80+
      • Priority 2 – Healthcare and social workers
      • Priority 3 – People aged 75 to 79
      • Priority 4 – People aged 70 to 74 and high risk people under 65
      Read More
      Related Articles
      Read More
      Related Articles

      A spokesperson for Tameside and Glossop NHS Clinical Commissioning Group, said: “We have had fantastic take up of the Covid vaccine in Tameside and Glossop with around 13,000 doses administered so far.

      “Eagerness for residents to receive the vaccine and the phenomenal work of staff to set up and deliver the vaccine programme locally will certainly save many local lives and help relieve pressures on our healthcare system.

      “We absolutely want to ensure optimal utilisation of the Covid vaccinations and so if doses of this precious resource are left over at the end of a planned schedule of vaccination appointments, our Primary Care Network hubs are working with their practices to ensure these are filled by working equitably through the JCVI priority cohorts.

      Around 13,000 doses of the Covid vaccine have been administered in Tameside and Glossop

      “Given the current pressure of the Pfizer vaccine having a short ‘life’ we also need to make agile and pragmatic decisions to bring in eligible health and social care workers and wider key workers who can be called at short notice to help support this further.”

      She added: “So far with such good take up of the vaccine appointments we have only found limited need to bring people in at short notice to take up any remaining vaccines – an example being some of our special school teachers we were able to bring in and protect so that they can continue to deliver education to some of our vulnerable children in the borough.

      “We will continue with this model while having a structured base for short and medium term decision making on stand-by individuals as the programme evolves and more of the AZ/Oxford vaccine is delivered.”

      Earlier this week Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said that all teachers and school staff will be ‘top priority’ for the vaccine in the next wave.

      He said that it’s ‘understandably right’ to vaccinate those most at risk of being hospitalised in the first round. But he insisted teachers will not be far down the list.

      -- to www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

      Share308Tweet193SendSendShare54Pin69

      RelatedPosts

      Gates Cambridge Scholarship celebrates 20th anniversary
      News

      Gates Cambridge Scholarship celebrates 20th anniversary

      Israel-Gaza conflict rages as US envoy visits
      News

      Israel-Gaza conflict rages as US envoy visits

      Police and Crime Commissioner to end funding for heroin addiction treatment scheme
      Crime

      Police and Crime Commissioner to end funding for heroin addiction treatment scheme

      Nicola Sturgeon’s own economic adviser warns Indyref2 puts recovery at risk
      Economy

      Nicola Sturgeon’s own economic adviser warns Indyref2 puts recovery at risk

      London

      Horse Racing Getting back on track

      News

      Rochdale hopes machine centre will manufacture revival in fortunes

      Recommended Stories

      Barack Obama Opens Up About Writing ‘A Promised Land’

      Barack Obama Opens Up About Writing ‘A Promised Land’

      Why Biden should hope the president pardons himself

      Princess Diana engagement news met with SCREAMS after being kept ‘secret’ | Royal | News

      Princess Diana engagement news met with SCREAMS after being kept ‘secret’ | Royal | News

      Popular Stories

      • Joe Biden opposes guarded border between Ireland and Northern Ireland | US News

        President Biden Promises to Slash Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 50 Percent by 2030

        2636 shares
        Share 1054 Tweet 659
      • Prince Philip is dead

        2632 shares
        Share 1053 Tweet 658
      • Two US Capitol police officers injured after suspect rams car into barrier and stabbed. Suspect dead

        2372 shares
        Share 949 Tweet 593
      • Prince Harry ‘back in the UK’ ahead of Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral on Saturday

        2143 shares
        Share 857 Tweet 536
      • Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli says European Super League can no longer go ahead

        2115 shares
        Share 846 Tweet 529
      News Press Live

      © 2021 Copyright - All rights reserved.

      Navigate Site

      • About Us
      • Terms & Conditions
      • Private Policy
      • Advertise With Us
      • Contact Us

      Follow Us

      No Result
      View All Result
      • Home
      • News
        • Crime
        • Economy
        • News of England
        • News of Northern Ireland
        • News of Scotland
      • Royal Family
      • Tv & Showbiz
      • World News
      • JOBS
      • Sport
        • Football
        • Watch Live Score Football (Soccer) Videos

      © 2021 Copyright - All rights reserved.

      Welcome Back!

      Login to your account below

      Forgotten Password? Sign Up

      Create New Account!

      Fill the forms bellow to register

      All fields are required. Log In

      Retrieve your password

      Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

      Log In
      Are you sure want to unlock this post?
      Unlock left : 0
      Are you sure want to cancel subscription?