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

direct to your inboxSchool staff in Rochdale have been warned about attempting to jump the queue for Covid vaccinations ahead of more vulnerable people in priority groups. A leaked email from the town hall to all headteachers in the borough said some staff had been using an 'inappropriately-shared' booking link intended only for NHS workers, Manchester Mill reports.

link!On Wednesday, a further 168 coronavirus cases were confirmed in Lanarkshire and 12 more deaths were recorded.In total, 33,391 people in the region have now tested positive for coronavirus and 1059 people have died.

Stephen Fry has sent an “inspiring” email to staff at schools in Norfolk, where he has a home, urging them not to feel “inadequate” during England's third lockdown. The actor, writer and television presenter (who currently stars in It’s a Sin on Channel 4) sent a message to staff at two academy trusts in the county, writing: “Don't ever fall into the trap of thinking that you're somehow ‘failing’ or ‘getting lockdown wrong’.

direct to your inboxEducation Secretary Gavin Williamson has indicated that he wants to see teachers and support staff to be prioritised to get a coronavirus jab once the most vulnerable have been vaccinated.Speaking to BBC Breakfast this morning (January 21st), he was quizzed on the priority list and where he believes teachers and support staff should feature.He said that those working in schools should be offered the vaccine at the ‘earliest moment’.“You raise the issue of vaccines and it’s

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The extent of the mental health toll on school staff in North Lanarkshire has been revealed.Startling new figures, obtained through a Freedom of Information request, show that from April 2017 up until the start of 2021, an incredible 35,608 school staff days have been lost in North Lanarkshire for mental health reasons.The figures include 21,557 lost days for teachers, 2153 for head and deputy heads and

South Lanarkshire, the stats showed 9335 days were missed in 2017/2018, before a leap to 15,643 in 2018/2019. That number then dipped slightly to 13,378 for the curtailed 2019/2020 year, with 3745 absences already recorded to date for 2020/2021.Andy Harvey, of the South Lanarkshire branch of the EIS teaching union.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.School staff in West Dunbartonshire have missed over 10,000 days of work due to mental health reasons over the past four years.The figures have been steadily increasing year-on-year, according to new figures released under the Freedom of Information Act.The Scottish Liberal Democrats obtained the statistics, which revealed that the total number of missed days for staff in the whole of Scotland is now nearly

direct to your inbox Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine could produce a strong enough immune response to stop people who get the vaccination from spreading coronavirus, a medic in Israel has claimed. The Mail reports researchers found in a small study that recipients developed up to "20 times more antibodies" within a week of having a second dose of the jab.

Lanarkshire care home residents have been vaccinated.

Comedian and actor Steve Martin reported today via social media on his experience with the COVID-19 vaccine.

called out the parcels as 'woefully inadequate' and 'just not good enough'. It came after one mum shared a photo of what she received in her food box, with the contents including a loaf of bread, two carrots, two bananas, a single tomato, one can of beans and a small amount of pasta.