NHS workers across Tatton face losing their job in a matter of weeks unless they have two doses of Covid vaccine by April 1.

They now have days to decide between a jab or a job as the first vaccine would need to be had by next Wednesday (February 3) to meet the spring deadline.

Many have written to me about the unfairness of the situation, I agree, and raised this very point on their behalf with the PM last week in Parliament.

These are the workers we clapped for from the safety of our doorsteps as they worked on Covid wards tending to the sick.

Now that clapping had turned to sacking of almost 100,000 NHS staff.

They have shown their dedication in the most difficult of times and this is how we repay them - it is totally unjustifiable.

Many are not only angry they face losing their job but upset by the suggestion they are putting patients at risk. They test regularly to protect patients and colleagues and all raise the same issue - being double or triple jabbed does not stop transmission.

Covid has already created a second health crisis with treatment delays and we cannot have a third with up to 100,000 staff shortage – the very staff who would work tirelessly to clear the backlog and get people the treatment they need. I have a meeting with the Prime Minister this week where I shall be discussing this and trying to stop the National Insurance Contribution increase due to happen in April.

Arriving back home from Parliament I was delighted to meet residents of Lindow Court Park in Mobberley where I joined them to plant a tree as part of the Queen’s Jubilee Canopy and the nationwide drive for sustainability.

Staying outside - I met with Wythenshawe Development Trust in Lacey Green to talk through their plans for a ‘pocket garden’ which would grow fruit and veg for the community. Government wants to support the creation of these community pocket gardens right across the country so regenerating green spaces to be enjoyed by all.

It was then on to HS2, firstly with the company itself and later with Mid Cheshire Against HS2. I have always opposed this line and believe money should be spent improving local connectivity and now digital infrastructure, but while plans progress I want to make sure the voices of those affected by this line are heard and to ensure the right solutions for the community.

On Monday the Bill was laid in Parliament for the Crewe to Manchester part of the line. There was no formal debate at that time, but I will keep making my concerns known to ministers and it’s another key issue I will be speaking to the Prime Minister about at our meeting this week.