Almost all of us will know someone who requires the support of someone in a caring role, or perhaps we need that help personally. Care workers can be a lifeline to the elderly and disabled. Yet, in recent years the sector has been under a lot of pressure and solutions have been needed… In myContinue reading “Who Cares?”
Category Archives: health
Icy Weather Issues
As the cold ‘snap’ has dragged on into something longer the challenges for local people and for the council have increased. North Shields has been stuck in freezing conditions for over a week now, recognised by the triggering of cold weather payments to those eligible. We all face the challenge of keeping our homes warm,Continue reading “Icy Weather Issues”
Improving Access to a Doctor
A number of local residents have contacted me to express their anger, upset and frustration at not being able to get access to see a Doctor like they used to. Here’s what I’ve been doing to try to improve access for you and your families… As a Councillor my role mainly relates to the wayContinue reading “Improving Access to a Doctor”
Social Care in the Spotlight
As a local Councillor I try to keep my weekly articles focused on local issues. However, in this article I want to consider what’s been going on this week in Parliament, namely the big vote on raising National Insurance to pay for Social Care. This is one of those moments when a decision taken inContinue reading “Social Care in the Spotlight”
Access to second covid jabs
Like the rest of the country North Tyneside is in a race against the ‘Delta variant’ of Covid-19. Our task is to get second jabs to as many people as possible, as quickly as possible. Last night I attended the Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee. This meeting brings together a dozen or so councillors whoContinue reading “Access to second covid jabs”
The Lockdown That Wasn’t
When this week’s news cycle began nobody knew that a political storm would break over North Tyneside. In my last post, written on Friday, I explained that a new Coronavirus ‘variant of concern’ had been identified here in North Tyneside. At that point we had already arranged for local surge testing to be deployed, inContinue reading “The Lockdown That Wasn’t”
Variant Of Concern
Just when we thought we were almost out of the Coronavirus woods, up pops a “variant of concern”. For the last year I’ve been tracking the Council’s response to Covid very closely as deputy chair of the Covid-19 Engagement Board. As I’ve said before, sterling work by our local Public Health team, NHS and otherContinue reading “Variant Of Concern”
Wilson’s Weekly 