Dr Rooney’s leadership of Mastercall Healthcare, a social enterprise providing out-of-hospital care in the Stockport area of Greater Manchester, enabled the region to set up hot hub sites for assessing Covid patients. Dr Rooney himself became seriously unwell with the disease – with his sats dropping to 78% at times. His colleagues are grateful for his recovery and say: ‘Undoubtedly without his input the disease would have been worse in Stockport and Trafford.’
