Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

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My other half could tell you a few stories in her role as a director in local government. She's always said that there are some really well run ones out there and some where it's all about the money, but luckily the majority are all well run.
The suggestion is that if it's in a nursing home then it's rife and almost everyone has it. Lots of workers who are asymptomatic passing without realising. The current measures are targeted at effectively stopping it getting into homes.
 
We had a higher than expected plateau, but UK deaths have finally dropped back in the last 48 hrs. The last month has been an incredibly testing time for the country, and we are no where near to returning to normal, but the very worst is now in the rear view mirror.
 
Swedish claim of herd immunity is interesting.

In the end, we don't really know if all this lockdown had made a gnat's difference because we still have no idea of how prevalent the virus is in the general population.

FWIW I think it probably has made a difference, but probably not one anywhere near as big as some models might suggest, as I think the virus has already afflicted far more people than we realise.
 
Lack of PPE procurement and delivery is solely down to Matt Hancock.

28 March 2019 By email Jin Sahota Chief Executive Officer ...
www.sccl.nhs.uk › letter-of-entrustment


From the Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP Secretary of State for Health and Social Care 39 Victoria Street London SW1H 0EU 020 7210 4850 28 March 2019

By email Jin Sahota Chief Executive Officer, Supply Chain Coordination Ltd Skipton House, 80 London Road, London SE1 6LH Dear Jin,

ACT OF ENTRUSTMENT – SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED

I am writing this letter to confirm the terms of your official mandate and to record my formal instructions in relation to the operation of Supply Chain Coordination Limited (SCCL) which was set up to administer a new operating model, introduced as part of the wider restructuring of the supply chain, through which the NHS would procure its goods and services (known as the “Procurement Transformation Programme”).

This letter of entrustment is one of various steps that have been initiated to ensure that SCCL has its governance arrangements formally documented. Two such steps have already been taken; namely, the issue of the “Accountability Letter” dated 7th December 2018 to Mr. James Spittle following his appointment as the non-executive chairperson of SCCL followed by the issue of the “2018-19 Director Accountability” letter dated 23rd January 2019 to yourself as the Chief Executive Officer of SCCL and the Senior Responsibility Officer of the Procurement Transformation Programme.

On 1st April 2019, SCCL will commence what will be the final and very significant phase of the setup of its operations. The intention is that on that date the NHS Supply Chain model will move to a centrally funded model with a transparent pricing policy of “Buy Price = Sell Price” and the current arrangement with DHL for the operation of the Master Services Agreement (which provides procurement services for goods and services (except medicines) for the NHS) will come to an end".

Interesting that Hancock Members' interests is

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
11 January 2020 - View full entry
  • Name of donor: Tattersalls Ltd
    Address of donor: Terrace House, 125 High Street, Newmarket CB8 9BT

    Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000

    Date received: 25 November 2019

    Date accepted: 25 November 2019

    Donor status: company, registration 00791113

    (Registered 06 January 2020)

Is it any wonder that Cheltenham went ahead considering Hancock's connection with the racing fraternity.
 
Swedish claim of herd immunity is interesting.

In the end, we don't really know if all this lockdown had made a gnat's difference because we still have no idea of how prevalent the virus is in the general population.

FWIW I think it probably has made a difference, but probably not one anywhere near as big as some models might suggest, as I think the virus has already afflicted far more people than we realise.
Yeah, it'd be nice if we'd had a government who went after new cases and tracked this virus when it broke out...or even had half a plan in place to mount a serious amount of testing.
 
Lack of PPE procurement and delivery is solely down to Matt Hancock.

28 March 2019 By email Jin Sahota Chief Executive Officer ...
www.sccl.nhs.uk › letter-of-entrustment


From the Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP Secretary of State for Health and Social Care 39 Victoria Street London SW1H 0EU 020 7210 4850 28 March 2019

By email Jin Sahota Chief Executive Officer, Supply Chain Coordination Ltd Skipton House, 80 London Road, London SE1 6LH Dear Jin,

ACT OF ENTRUSTMENT – SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED

I am writing this letter to confirm the terms of your official mandate and to record my formal instructions in relation to the operation of Supply Chain Coordination Limited (SCCL) which was set up to administer a new operating model, introduced as part of the wider restructuring of the supply chain, through which the NHS would procure its goods and services (known as the “Procurement Transformation Programme”).

This letter of entrustment is one of various steps that have been initiated to ensure that SCCL has its governance arrangements formally documented. Two such steps have already been taken; namely, the issue of the “Accountability Letter” dated 7th December 2018 to Mr. James Spittle following his appointment as the non-executive chairperson of SCCL followed by the issue of the “2018-19 Director Accountability” letter dated 23rd January 2019 to yourself as the Chief Executive Officer of SCCL and the Senior Responsibility Officer of the Procurement Transformation Programme.

On 1st April 2019, SCCL will commence what will be the final and very significant phase of the setup of its operations. The intention is that on that date the NHS Supply Chain model will move to a centrally funded model with a transparent pricing policy of “Buy Price = Sell Price” and the current arrangement with DHL for the operation of the Master Services Agreement (which provides procurement services for goods and services (except medicines) for the NHS) will come to an end".

Interesting that Hancock Members' interests is

11 January 2020 - View full entry
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
  • Name of donor: Tattersalls Ltd
    Address of donor: Terrace House, 125 High Street, Newmarket CB8 9BT

    Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000

    Date received: 25 November 2019

    Date accepted: 25 November 2019

    Donor status: company, registration 00791113

    (Registered 06 January 2020)

Is it any wonder that Cheltenham went ahead considering Hancock's connection with the racing fraternity.
HanCOCK is utter scum.

Lower than vermin.
 
HanCOCK is utter scum.

Lower than vermin.

He's up to his neck in the proverbial and will be hung out to dry. I wonder why the MSM can't do any decent research to expose the Tories inaction/incompetence/complicity in over 20 000 UK citizens dying?
 
He's up to his neck in the proverbial and will be hung out to dry. I wonder why the MSM can't do any decent research to expose the Tories inaction/incompetence/complicity in over 20 000 UK citizens dying?
The Times bucked the trend, the Guardian sometimes run a critical piece. But there's no one simply standing up and telling it like it is. FFS, Piers Morgan is the one outlet for that in a country that's suffered a catastrophe.

I demand that the LP and Starmer in particular find a pair of testicles and start speaking out against the Tory devastation of this country. WTF is that stuffed shirt nobhead waiting for?
 
Hancock's real purpose in giving procurement and delivery.

NHS Supply Chain: Driving the way forward
www.nationalhealthexecutive.com › Comment › nhs-su...


"The new NHS Supply Chain
The new operating model for NHS Supply Chain is now in place and operational. There are 11 specialist Category Tower service providers delivering medical, capital and non-medical products and services, and two support services for logistics and supporting technology.

The management function of the new NHS Supply Chain, Supply Chain Coordination Limited (SCCL), manages the towers and ensures that they work on behalf of the NHS to deliver clinical and non-clinically assured, high-quality products at the best value. The towers will do this through a more sustainable approach, including more rigorous and responsive management of supplier accountability, as well as through category strategy development.

Our goal of saving £2.4bn by 2022-23 will be achieved by:

  • Reducing unwarranted price variation and increase product range optimisation across the NHS;
  • Delivering clinically-assured, high-quality products at the best value and supporting procurement activity across the NHS;
  • Leveraging the buying power of the NHS at a national level;
  • Increasing usage of NHS Supply Chain from 40% to 80%.

The only goal it reached was 'savings' so as NOT to deliver the PPE the NHS needs.
 
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