Wei Shen Lim

Respiratory physician in England

Wei Shen Lim KBE is a consultant respiratory physician and honorary professor of medicine at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, England.^[1]^[2]

Lim was born in Singapore and attended Anglo-Chinese Junior College before studying at the University of Nottingham Medical School. He graduated in 1991 and spent several years with Tan Tock Seng Hospital and Singapore General Hospital before his specialist training as a respiratory consultant at the Nottingham trust.^{[citation needed]}

Lim has been on the specialist register for General Internal Medicine and Respiratory Medicine since 2002.^[3] Since November 2020 or earlier, he has been chairman of the COVID-19 subcommittee of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation which provides advice to the UK government.^[4]

In 2021 and in 2022, he received more than £25,001 in research funding from vaccine-maker Pfizer.^[5]

In 2024, Lim was appointed as Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) for services to the COVID-19 vaccination programme.^[6]

References

^ "Our COVID-19 Experts". Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
^ Lim, Wei Shen; Thomson, Anne; Little, Paul (10 February 2007). "Preparing for the next flu pandemic". BMJ. 334 (7588): 268–269. doi:10.1136/bmj.39101.628715.80. PMC 1796676. PMID 17289687.
^ "Wei Shen LIM". General Medical Council.
^ "Coronavirus: Phase one vaccine rollout will protect '99 per cent' of UK's at-risk population". CityAM. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
^ "About Us: Professor Wei Shen Lim". British Thoracic Society. 2022. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Honorary awards to foreign nationals in 2024". Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.

COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories

History
Statistics
Timeline
- 2020
  - January–June
  - July–December
- 2021
  - January–June
  - July–December
- 2022
  - January–June
  - July–December
- 2023
- 2024

Locations

United Kingdom	England London Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Crown Dependencies	Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey
Overseas Territories	Akrotiri and Dhekelia Anguilla Bermuda British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Gibraltar Montserrat Pitcairn Islands Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Turks and Caicos Islands

Impact

Society	Clap for Our Carers Protests Thank You NHS The 2.6 Challenge National Day of Reflection
Politics	Beergate COVID Recovery Group Dominic Cummings scandal Greensill scandal Impact on Brexit Northern Research Group Partygate Privileges Committee investigation Public inquiry Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry Virtual House of Commons

Science
and
healthcare

Temporary hospitals	England Birmingham Harrogate London Manchester Washington Glasgow Cardiff Gibraltar Jersey
Testing programme	NHS COVID-19 app NHS Test and Trace (England) Test, Trace, Protect (Wales) Operation Moonshot Test to Release UK Rapid Test Consortium
Vaccination programme	Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine European Commission–AstraZeneca dispute Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre Taskforce Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment

Legislation

Current

Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984
2020 budget
Contingencies Fund Act 2020
Contingencies Fund Act 2021
Coronavirus mini-budget
Winter Economy Plan
Stamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) Act 2020
Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020
Business and Planning Act 2020
Nightingale Court
Culture Recovery Fund
2021 budget

Revoked

Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Business Closure) (England) Regulations 2020
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020
COVID-19 local lockdown regulations in England
First COVID-19 tier regulations in England
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020
Coronavirus, Restrictions (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020
Coronavirus, International Travel (England) Regulations 2020
Face Coverings on Public Transport (England) Regulations 2020
Face Coverings in a Relevant Place (England) Regulations 2020
Coronavirus, Restrictions (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021
Coronavirus, Restrictions (Local Authority Enforcement...) (England) Regulations 2020
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020
Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability (England) Regulations 2021
Coronavirus Act 2020

Expired
or spent

Coronavirus, Restrictions (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings) (England) Regulations 2021
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Entry to Venues and Events) (England) Regulations 2021
Coronavirus, Restrictions (All Tiers and Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Responses

Government	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Contract controversies Lockdown Eat Out to Help Out Global Travel Taskforce National Tutoring Programme Pick for Britain Project Birch Can you look them in the eyes? Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery (Scotland) Pre-pandemic exercises Exercise Cygnus Coughs and sneezes spread diseases Catch It, Bin It, Kill It
Military	United Kingdom Overseas territories

Timelines

England
- January–June 2020
- July–December 2020
- 2021
- 2022
Northern Ireland
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
Scotland
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
Wales
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022

Advisory
bodies

Key people

England	Stephen Powis Amanda Pritchard Simon Stevens
Northern Ireland	Arlene Foster Paul Givan Charlotte McArdle Michael McBride Michelle O'Neill Robin Swann
Scotland	Catherine Calderwood Joe FitzPatrick Jeane Freeman Jason Leitch Gregor Smith Devi Sridhar Nicola Sturgeon John Swinney Humza Yousaf
Wales	Frank Atherton Mark Drakeford Vaughan Gething Eluned Morgan