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Another great @DanNeidle thread. Foolishly, I clicked on one of his links and found myself disappearing down another rabbit hole. Read on …
#ProfessionalIndemnityInsurance #PII
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My eye was caught by Property118’s claim (on a page addressed to buy-to-let mortgage brokers) that each of its “seasoned and accredited” barristers is “fortified” by insurance coverage of up to £10m per client, per claim
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Property118’s linked Guide for Ambassadors says it is produced in association with Cotswold Barristers. Ignoring for now Core Duty 4 (independence), the Guide repeats the claim that each barrister carries £10m of PII per client per case
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An entirely predictable, predicted and avoidable event. James's Commanding Officer gave evidence at his inquest that James had been "killed by systemic complacency on the part of the British Army"
The CO of the RSOI BG had been offered a full technical clearance of the ranges by the Commander of the Joint IED TF. The offer was declined, because it would have required the firing points to be kept secure thereafter #TooDifficult
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The Range Conducting Officer (RCO) of the range on which James was killed asked for permission for his team to stay out at the ranges to prevent IEDs being planted. Permission was refused #TooDifficult
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An entirely predictable, predicted and avoidable event. James's Commanding Officer gave evidence at his inquest that James had been "killed by systemic compacency on the part of the British Army" 1/
The CO of the RSOI BG had been offered a full technical clearance of the ranges by the Commander of the Joint IED TF. The offer was declined, because it would have required the firing points to be kept secure thereafter #TooDifficult
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The RCO of the range on which James was killed asked for permission for his team to stay out at the ranges to prevent IEDs being planted. Permission was refused #TooDifficult
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Mne Poole had been carrying the same sort of tracker as that carried by Craig, James and Edward in 2013. It emerged that he had collapsed more than 2 hours before anyone appreciated he was missing
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🧵 1/ #OnThisDay in 2013, a Special Forces selection test in the Brecon Beacons is on the point of turning into a disaster. In unusually hot and still conditions, one candidate has just been medically withdrawn having experienced diarrhoea and vomiting
To be continued ...
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The Training Officer and Training Warrant Officer running the test had produced a risk assessment which said that the existing control measures against the risk of heat injury included compliance with all precautions in Land Forces Standing Order 3214
To be continued ...
3/ The risk assessment had been created by copying and pasting the risk assessment of the so-called "lead regular unit". Neither the Training Officer nor Training Warrant Officer knew what Land Forces Standing Order 3214 actually said
To be continued ...
Jeremy Hunt and me. A 🧵
In 2013, following the North Staffs inquiry, @Jeremy_Hunt announced a review into 14 hospital trusts with excess mortality statistics. It was dubbed the Keogh Mortality Review
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The review was headed by then-NHS Medical Director, Bruce Keogh. Panels of inspectors descended on each of the 14 trusts. Each panel included lay representatives (dubbed patient and public engagement (PPE) reps)
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I was one of the PPE reps who were part of the panel which inspected Buckinghamshire NHS Trust. I was then invited to be part of the team which presented the results of the overall review to the media & concerned MPs on the day Hunt announced the main findings to Parliament
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