Nursing staff are not only caring for the nation during the pandemic, they’re also a vital part of the COVID-19 vaccine trials. We meet research matron Aileen and vaccine recipient Zoe
As the COVID-19 pandemic intensified, research facilities across the world turned their talents to finding a vaccine. One of the groups making steady progress is led by scientists at the University of Oxford.
The Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trials have drawn in nursing staff at sites around the UK – both to deliver phases of research and as participants receiving the new vaccine. It’s important to trial the vaccine on people most likely to have high exposure to the virus, so nursing staff and other health care workers make perfect volunteers.
At Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, s