People have been contacting me this week with a wide range of issues.

My team and I have been doing our best to address these as quickly as possible, but the thing that has struck me this week have been the emails praising others' work.

More frequently than I'd expect, I'm receiving emails about how the Police are doing a great job, about the incredible sacrifices that doctors, nurses and staff across the NHS are making to keep the community safe, and about the small things that businesses are doing to help those in need.

So, I thought I'd use this column to thank a few myself.

Thank you to everyone at Furness General, the NW Ambulance Service, and the Police who are really going above and beyond to save lives. I'm in awe.

Thank you also to the amazing teams behind the Local Resilience Forums, who are keeping the community informed and safe.

And thank you to local businesses like Wax Lyrical and Shed 1 who are pitching in and helping both the local and national effort.

Finally, thank you to all of you who are quietly at home, not going out into the sunshine this weekend and following the government and scientific advice by maintaining your distance.

It may not feel like you're doing much, but you're actually saving lives.

I've spent much of this week talking to people about personal protective equipment, or PPE as it is commonly known.

I've been talking to doctors and nurses, the Chief Executive of our Hospital Trust, local businesses who are attempting to meet the challenge of supply that we face, and also Ministers.

We face an uphill struggle. I am told by leaders in the NHS that the supply is there, but getting it to the front line is proving challenging.

Until supply grows, that will remain the case, and my team and I are dedicated to working with Ministers and businesses to increase Furness' supply of adequate PPE so that this issue can be put to bed.

Of all things right now, we should not be worrying that our frontline medical staff are at risk.