The trays are even being used by NHS staff at vaccination centres in Gloucestershire. The youngster has been inspired to help with the vaccine rollout by his GP parents, Peter and Sue Smith, who both work on the NHS frontline. “We ve had great feedback from the centres and nurses about how well the trays work, said Mrs Smith. The trays have helped make the vaccine clinics run more smoothly and will get a lot of use. “A single vial is worth a lot of money and is also very delicate so the process of transporting the vaccines is very important,” said Ed.
A TALENTED 12-year-old Monmouthshire schoolboy is making an innovative device which, the school says, could well be used by the NHS to save lives in the UK’s fight against Covid-19. Ed Smith, a pupil at Monmouth School for Boys, is a budding inventor and believes his device - a wooden container to easily mix vaccine vials - could speed up the process of administering the life-saving Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine. Inspired by his GP parents, Peter and Sue Smith, who both work on the NHS frontline, Ed’s prototype - which he made out of Lego and then wood in his garage at home - can mix one hundred vials at one time.