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Gift of the Jab

  • Getting it off the ground

    24 OCT 2022 · "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.
    15m 11s
  • Impossible dream becomes a reality

    31 OCT 2022 · "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.
    19m 26s
  • Low points of the process and the diverse leadership

    31 OCT 2022 · "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.
    22m 12s
  • What success meant to those involved

    31 OCT 2022 · "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
    14m 44s

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...

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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.
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