The NHS response to the Pandemic.
The public have a right to feel ABANDONED...
...in many ways they were.
But give me a moment to convince you: it was NOT the NHS that abandoned the public...it was our Leadership who abandoned us all.
[RT pls - people need to know].
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The public have a right to feel ABANDONED...
...in many ways they were.
But give me a moment to convince you: it was NOT the NHS that abandoned the public...it was our Leadership who abandoned us all.
[RT pls - people need to know].
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All but the most suggestible would agree: the UK have sh*t the bed with COVID-19. A series of colossal and deadly failures led to the highest mortality rate in Europe,...
All but the most suggestible would agree: the UK have sh*t the bed with COVID-19. A series of colossal and deadly failures led to the highest mortality rate in Europe,...
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..one of the worst economic declines in the world, and a devastating effect on non-COVID diseases.
..one of the worst economic declines in the world, and a devastating effect on non-COVID diseases.
4/10
Access to healthcare (or lack of) was amongst the greatest failures. This was not a policy made by individual doctors or nurses. Nor was it anything to do with the NHS-model of healthcare. It was a very clear, discoverable series of CENTRAL decisions and policies.
Access to healthcare (or lack of) was amongst the greatest failures. This was not a policy made by individual doctors or nurses. Nor was it anything to do with the NHS-model of healthcare. It was a very clear, discoverable series of CENTRAL decisions and policies.
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The public were being told to STAY HOME. At the same time, doctors and nurses were being told that a plastic apron and a loose fitting mask would protect them against a deadly AIRBORNE pathogen.
The public were being told to STAY HOME. At the same time, doctors and nurses were being told that a plastic apron and a loose fitting mask would protect them against a deadly AIRBORNE pathogen.
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Those who contracted SARS-CoV-2 were also being told to stay home, without anyone checking in on them and without any way to monitor their severity. Their 'follow-up' would not be through their GP...but through a non-clinical Test & Trace system (at a cost of £36bn).
Those who contracted SARS-CoV-2 were also being told to stay home, without anyone checking in on them and without any way to monitor their severity. Their 'follow-up' would not be through their GP...but through a non-clinical Test & Trace system (at a cost of £36bn).
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Overnight, in March 2020, the NHS suffered the worst bed-cut in it's history. That's right, during a pandemic, knowing there will be thousands of additional patients, our Leaders shrunk the NHS further. We still have less beds than before the pandemic.
Overnight, in March 2020, the NHS suffered the worst bed-cut in it's history. That's right, during a pandemic, knowing there will be thousands of additional patients, our Leaders shrunk the NHS further. We still have less beds than before the pandemic.
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And now, as the true debacle of the UK's pandemic response begins to emerge, those responsible are looking for others to blame...GPs, the NHS, the public,..
instead of taking responsibility for the decisions they made.
And now, as the true debacle of the UK's pandemic response begins to emerge, those responsible are looking for others to blame...GPs, the NHS, the public,..
instead of taking responsibility for the decisions they made.
9/10
No doubt within the NHS there were individual successes and failures. But the systemic failures typifying the national response stem from CENTRAL decision-making and central policies.
No doubt within the NHS there were individual successes and failures. But the systemic failures typifying the national response stem from CENTRAL decision-making and central policies.
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For those who want the evidence of the policies and a more detailed explanation of what actually happened, I provide some below.
For those who are in no doubt where the responsibility lay...make some noise!
END.
#YourNHSNeedsYou
#CovidInquiryNow
yournhsneedsyou.com
For those who want the evidence of the policies and a more detailed explanation of what actually happened, I provide some below.
For those who are in no doubt where the responsibility lay...make some noise!
END.
#YourNHSNeedsYou
#CovidInquiryNow
yournhsneedsyou.com
Additional Info 1.
Patients were pushed to an online and non-clinical platform for medical advice.
Patients were pushed to an online and non-clinical platform for medical advice.
https://twitter.com/danielgoyal/status/1450265770894757894?s=20
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Testing, triage, and follow-up was assigned to non-clinical, unqualified, often commercial providers (instead of primary or secondary NHS services).
Testing, triage, and follow-up was assigned to non-clinical, unqualified, often commercial providers (instead of primary or secondary NHS services).
https://twitter.com/danielgoyal/status/1451380203176046615?s=20
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Here's a more detailed analysis of the policies that led to (and are continuing to lead to) restricted access to healthcare during this ongoing pandemic
thelancet.com/journals/lanep…
Here's a more detailed analysis of the policies that led to (and are continuing to lead to) restricted access to healthcare during this ongoing pandemic
thelancet.com/journals/lanep…
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There was (and is) a strong reluctance to provide any funding to the NHS. Instead private companies - who failed to deliver - were preferred, and this continues...
There was (and is) a strong reluctance to provide any funding to the NHS. Instead private companies - who failed to deliver - were preferred, and this continues...
https://twitter.com/danielgoyal/status/1453033432632725508?s=20
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Whether or not such neglect of the NHS is wilful or not...you decide...
Whether or not such neglect of the NHS is wilful or not...you decide...
https://twitter.com/drbobgill/status/1453813488200060938?s=20
And now we face what will be a brutal winter with less capacity than before the pandemic began...
https://twitter.com/danielgoyal/status/1453977987112710144?s=20
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