How Captain Tom Moore brought hope in the midst of a pandemic Helen Pidd North of England editor How has Captain Tom's fundraising helped the NHS? Replay Video (Video by Press Association) Britain was a fortnight into its first lockdown last spring when Captain Tom Moore shuffled into the nation’s consciousness with his trusty walking frame. The morgues were filling up, hospitals were becoming overwhelmed and Boris Johnson had just been moved into intensive care. For many, this new world of shutdowns and sickness felt alien, destabilising and frightening. The country badly n...