Lib Dem Health and Social Care 🔶

The findings show nursing staff routinely working unpaid overtime, delaying or not taking annual leave and feeling exhausted.  Respondents also expressed a growing sense of disillusionment after 18 months’ fighting the pandemic.

Vaccines Minister Maggie Throup doesn't know how many hospitals have critical incident. To Sky: “It is fast-moving... it would be wrong of me to say a number, because shortly there could be another one, or another Trust could actually say ‘no, we’re back on track now, we’re OK’”

The government has promised 7,000 HEPA filtration units to schools. There are 24,000 schools. Assume 14 classrooms on average. Two units are required per classroom. That is 672,000. So the government is meeting 1% of need. This policy works only as a measure of incompetence.

Problem: mass infection -> staff/student sickness -> educational disruption Response: stop contact tracing in schools mandate attendance for children living with cases combine classes (staff shortages) Result: mass infection -> staff/student sickness -> educational disruption