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Living only 8 mile from Sunderland I’m more than happy for it to drop down the table.
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SocketRocket
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Why say it then. Try living on the state pension, it's not much and for the majority of pensioners they get a smaller pension than people retiring now. All Old people are not minted.
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First Tory council saying they won't open schools on 1st June.
So not just politicking then from other non Tory councils also not opening schools?
What a kerfuffle.
So not just politicking then from other non Tory councils also not opening schools?
What a kerfuffle.
Doon frae Troon
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Weird that...... Barrow must be one of the most isolated large towns in England
No ferries either [I think]
Old Skier
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There is one aggressive scientific advisor on the briefing today, about time.
chrisd
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Given that the questioning appears to be getting more accusatory I'm glad that she is?
SwingsitlikeHogan
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See my earlier post. One large employer (BAESystems) in a small town that has high levels of social deprivation and addiction.
SwingsitlikeHogan
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Still got no idea from Eustice whether the target of 18,000 contact tracers has been met. His '20,000 recruited to assist in contact tracing' doesn't really tell me. And as the scientist today told us - the important things are contact tracing capability in place and adequate testing being available - and that their advice is not date driven.
So as previously asked - is anyone clear on how close we are to hitting the 18,000 mid-May target for contact tracers. My Mrs heard from someone that the 18,000 was 15,000 call handlers and 3,000 contact tracers. But that is at odds with Hancock telling us in the HoC yesterday that of the 21,000 recruited 8,500 have been recruited as contact tracers.
In any case. As the government seems to be telling us that they've hit their mid-May target for contact tracers, my wife is not going to chase up on it 0- and if things do come to pass and she is offered a job - she may not take it. That said, although her application has been accepted and she's submitted identify evidence - she has not yet even been offered an interview - her qualifications surely make her an ideal candidate - NMC registered, Band 7 Breast Cancer Nurse Specialist with specialism in family history mapping and risk assessment; currently working part-time on a cancer Helpline.
But hey - it appears she's missed the contact tracer bus - unless someone can tell me that they are still short of CTs.
One thing I got from the briefing today was the impression that the scientists aren't going to let the politicians slopey shoulder the blame for decisions onto the scientists. Of course when asked today who is ultimately responsible for the decisions that have been made - ministers or scientists. Eustice did not answer.
So as previously asked - is anyone clear on how close we are to hitting the 18,000 mid-May target for contact tracers. My Mrs heard from someone that the 18,000 was 15,000 call handlers and 3,000 contact tracers. But that is at odds with Hancock telling us in the HoC yesterday that of the 21,000 recruited 8,500 have been recruited as contact tracers.
In any case. As the government seems to be telling us that they've hit their mid-May target for contact tracers, my wife is not going to chase up on it 0- and if things do come to pass and she is offered a job - she may not take it. That said, although her application has been accepted and she's submitted identify evidence - she has not yet even been offered an interview - her qualifications surely make her an ideal candidate - NMC registered, Band 7 Breast Cancer Nurse Specialist with specialism in family history mapping and risk assessment; currently working part-time on a cancer Helpline.
But hey - it appears she's missed the contact tracer bus - unless someone can tell me that they are still short of CTs.
One thing I got from the briefing today was the impression that the scientists aren't going to let the politicians slopey shoulder the blame for decisions onto the scientists. Of course when asked today who is ultimately responsible for the decisions that have been made - ministers or scientists. Eustice did not answer.
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How unusual, another daily negative post
Ross61
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I thought she was brilliant. About time they fought back.
Foxholer
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And just as 'unusual', a non-contributory but critical reply! Perhaps you could provide an answer to the legitimate question SILH asked!
drdel
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Does it really matter to thee and me.!!!
The beta version has a few bugs, as we'd expect, hence the trial. Not doubt by early June there will be enough people.
Old Skier
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He had answers on contact tracing yesterday and further to that, I don't know when his wife applied but going by how long it took to get applicants vetted and ready for NHS responders that was over a month. Believe it or not, they don't take written applications on face value.
Beezerk
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What did she say? Any chance of a clip?
Foxholer
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So why not simply give that, or equivalent, reply - or a reference to the info. Much better than the whinge that was you reply!
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Could have been worse and used your normal one word twaddle reply.
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It's what she refused to say which was more interesting.
SwingsitlikeHogan
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Brandon Lewis stated on Friday that just over a week ago that 1,500 CTs had been recruited. I've taken the opportunity to have another listen to what Hancock said yesterday - which was that more the 21,000 contact tracers had been recruited in England including 7,500 Healthcare professionals who would support the call handlers and manually contact individuals to give advice.
My question was simply around the number of contact tracers recruited out of how many required? Because I a was not clear as to whether or not the 18,000 figure to be recruited included call handlers. Eustice's answer today was '20,000 recruited to assist in contact tracing' and that leaves me wondering a little why they have recruited more than they needed. Notwithstandng that - that would seem to be a good thing.
And so it appears that my confusion was around who would be doing the contacting, as my understanding was that it would be experienced Healthcare professionals, and that the call handlers would be handling follow-up calls from those contacted. I clearly misunderstood the 18,000. Maybe Brandon Lewis also misunderstood when he quoted 1,500 - with that figure most likely being the Healthcare Professionals and not the call handlers - certainly an impressive feat moving from 1500 recruited to more than 21,000 in a week.
My wife applied to be a contact tracer on the 10th May. With more recruited than the target, she's apparently missed the boat and so will not bother chasing up.
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SocketRocket
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Why would we be concerned, it's the Government's job to get the scheme up and running, if they don't they can be held to account.
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The man (stated in your post) said 2000 recruited, your are now saying you dont know how many are recruited, the number is 20,000 until proven otherwise.
I would presume your wife will have a fair wait while necessary background checks are carried out.
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