It’s just two days to go until the New Year’s Honours List is announced and already speculation is rife as to who the lucky names will be. Tennis teen Emma Raducanu is set to become the youngest MBE recipient ever while outgoing 007 Daniel Craig should get a gong for his many years of fictitious sacrifice on Her Majesty’s secret service. And in light of the ongoing pandemic, it’s no surprise that the list is set to be stuffed full of NHS heroes being recognised for their work, with Chris Whitty among those tipped for a knighthood. The Lancelot of the lancet, if you will.
But one name unlikely to be on the list will be that of Dr Jenny Harries. The health chief has had a torrid time during Covid while conversely boasting more lives than Lazarus, having fallen upwards mid-pandemic from being England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer to her current post as chief exec of the UK Health Security Agency. For
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