I hear @PHE_uk getting flak for failing to ramp up testing quickly last year
@TheBMA and PHE staff repeatedly raised concerns about the closure of Public Health Laboratories (PHLs) over the last decade.
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@TheBMA and PHE staff repeatedly raised concerns about the closure of Public Health Laboratories (PHLs) over the last decade.
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During the flu pandemic PHLs - particularly the London PHL stepped up and provided a vast amount of flu testing.
@PHE_uk was made to close the PHLs aftef the pandemic, in the face of opposition from public health experts who asked how we would manage the next pandemic.
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@PHE_uk was made to close the PHLs aftef the pandemic, in the face of opposition from public health experts who asked how we would manage the next pandemic.
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Then, when Covid-19 arrived, ministerial decisions demanded that private laboratories should do the testing, when a fraction of the investment, given to NHS labs, would have provided a better service much sooner.
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These were ministerial mistakes, for which they are seeking to blame @PHE_uk.
Mistakes probably made to reward tory donors.
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Mistakes probably made to reward tory donors.
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