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23

Mar 2021

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Harrogate district pauses for National Day of Reflection

Published: 23 Mar 2021, 15:18 GMT

Updated: 8 Apr 2021, 12:08 BST

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Staff at Harrogate District Hospital and Ripon Community Hospital were among those observing a minute's silence. More than 1,100 people with covid have died in North Yorkshire, including almost 200 at Harrogate District Hospital.

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People and organisations across the Harrogate district paused at noon today for the National Day of Reflection.

The day, organised by end of life charity Marie Curie, gave people in the UK the chance to remember the 126,000 covid-related deaths, which include more than 1,100 in North Yorkshire.

Staff at Harrogate District Hospital and Ripon Community Hospital were offered the opportunity to observe a minute's silence.



Hospital staff working from home were able to take part online in an event led by chaplains.

The Harrogate Bus Company, owned by Transdev, remembered staff lost during the pandemic, when buses have continued to operate despite risks.

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At a press briefing today Nick Moxon, a resident at Disability Action Yorkshire's home on Claro Road in Harrogate and chair of a care home visiting task group set up by North Yorkshire County Council last year, paid tribute to care workers' efforts during the pandemic.

Speaking at North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum, which leads the county's response to covid, he said:

"Staff members don't ask to work throughout the pandemic, they have to come to work and they have managed to just adapt to the situation.
"Thank you to care staff and North Yorkshire County Council for the care and support over the past year."