We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance. It appears that the Government has lost interest in both vaccines and pandemic preparedness, but it is also an example of the usual story of Government not learning from its mistakes. Bingham’s eclectic team secured the first vaccine doses administered in the West, saving thousands of lives in the UK as new variants struck. I understand why she did this as the reason the vaccine task force succeeded was because Bingham created a high-performance team and she had to describe how this was done as such teams do not materialise of their own accord.

Now nearly every adult in Britain has had a jab, lockdowns have ended and we can finally live with Covid. She is a board member of the Francis Crick Institute and was awarded a DBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for her services as Chair of the UK Vaccine Taskforce. The book describes how by adopting venture capitalist-style development contract writing and risk management and by making Britain especially attractive for vaccine trials (the NHS Registry was crucial here), Britain was able to steal a march on the US and the lumbering EU Commission in securing under contract the necessary production facilities.With regards to the briefings against Bingham, one of the revelations I found most shocking was how Lee Cain, the Number 10 Director of Communications was briefing against her and the vaccine task force, despite the vaccine project being a flagship initiative of the Johnson government and one that was initiated and championed by Boris himself.

Political manoeuvring, miscommunications and administrative meddling nearly jeopardised the project. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. As an outsider rooted in business, she offers strong and specific recommendations for transforming government. Fast-paced and very compelling… The Vaccine Taskforce will always be remembered as British science at its very best. She is Managing Partner at life sciences venture capital firm SV Health Investors where she co-leads SV’s biotech franchise which has a long history of developing transformational new medicines.

The author proceeds will be donated to the new university The New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) and early years education, development and advocacy charity Kindred Squared.