Thread by @EinsteinsAttic

Hmm. Can't read full article 'cos [£] but does it by any chance mention #JBC?

Merging @PHE_uk's "#COVID19 work" with #TestandTrace ain't the same as "scrapping" the entire agency - not even close! So what's the full story?

How, for example, will this new 'National Institute'...

https://twitter.com/christopherhope/status/1294734305692979201

...relate to the (also new*) #HealthProtection Directorate within @DHSCgovuk?

And again, whattabout the secretive spook-run** #JointBiosecurityCentre with its £9 BILLION budget?

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*Which surfaced in a job ad about a week ago:

https://twitter.com/EinsteinsAttic/status/1292221920021295104?s=19

**researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…

Also, while #Testandtrace may be *branded* "NHS", it isn't.

Check its homepage URL: contact-tracing.phe.gov.uk
i.e. the parts that aren't commissioned out are *already* @PHE_uk.

A quick scan of the legislation legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/c… and framework agreement
gov.uk/government/pub…

..suggests @MattHancock can do whatever he likes (organisationally) as long as his statutory #PublicHealth duties are discharged. But does this 'merger' mean private interests get their hands on #Porton & #Colindale, i.e. #pathogens & #radiation?

The public has a right to know!

Maybe this time the media will ask at least *some* of the right questions, rather than simply parroting the Government's spin?

cf. last week's claims that extra resources would be going to local PH teams - which fell apart on closer questioning:
opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…

Here's a freebie: "Secretary of State, given you are 'scrapping' YOUR Department's Executive Agency, responsible for delivering YOUR statutory #PublicHealth duties, is this not an admission of YOUR failure in Office? Why should the public trust you to do any better next time?"

And just in case anyone is still in any doubt as to who is #responsible here, see @PHE_uk's framework agreement with @dhsc:
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…