Thread by @doctor_oxford

Note how @matthancock is trying to reframe the 100k tests per day target.

Now he refers to 'testing capacity', citing 40k/day - despite only 18k actual tests yesterday.

But 'capacity' doesn't just mean lab space. It means people to do the tests. (1/3)

bbc.co.uk/news/health-52…

'Capacity' means the swabs, the reagents, the lab staff and - crucially - the testers, people physically reaching suspected cases, getting the tests actually done.

According to Hancock, the small matter of getting the test to the case appears entirely irrelevant. (2/3)

But carers & NHS staff spread all over the country can't always drive to a testing centre that's many miles away.

So where is the testing workforce, @matthancock?

And why are you talking in magical & misleading 'capacity' terms? (3/3)

Here's a classic example of attempts to change the testing narrative. There's no longer a 'tests' target but one of 'testing capacity' - in which the government cites 'lack of demand' for not meeting capacity (yet *it* is responsible for lack of testers).
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…