Have you ever thought about how the vaccines created for the U.K.'s response to COVID-19 were designed, delivered and administered? Join Sue William (VTF Supply Chain Lead) and Tessa Walton (VTF Programme Director for Deployment), who were both fortunate to be part of the history-making UK Vaccine task force, as they share stories and experiences from the team behind the rollout.
Hear stories of the highs and lows as the team prepared to receive the first vaccines and the process to achieving the moment which went around the world.
"The thing that I take away the most is just my faith in humans. It’s amazing what you can achieve collectively when you walk into a room with a can-do attitude where we’re all going to see how we can achieve something collectively". Dr Jasmin Kee, VTF Technical Lead
Reflecting on the monumental achievement of the task force and Margaret Keenan from Coventry becoming the first person in the world to receive a Covid-19 vaccine. In the final episode, Sue William and Tessa Walton explore the highs and successes of what the task force achieved
31 Oct 2022
Low points of the process and the diverse leadership
"The one thing that brings people together is a common enemy, and we all had a common enemy” Ian McCubbin, VTF Manufacturing Lead
In part three of the podcast, Sue William and Tessa Walton explore the low points of the projects through the countless lockdowns, difficulty in finding a common language across science and government and how a common goal kept the team focused.
31 Oct 2022
Impossible dream becomes a reality
"You can keep that kind of intensity going for a certain amount of time and then you just need to hand it over….. In a similar way, a good football manager will bring in substitutes at the right time to win that match” Ollie Excel, VTF Project Manager
How do Cats Christmas jumpers and a vaccine-themed Christmas carol service help team morale up and bring the impossible to reality? Sue William and Tessa Walton explore in episode 2.
24 Oct 2022
Getting it off the ground
"We were involved in an endeavour that was essential to the nation” Ruth Todd, Programme Director
In episode 1 Sue William and Tessa Walton explore how the Taskforce came to be and how they and countless others from cross-government and the private sector got the all-important emails and phone calls to join the programme.
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