Something to read about PPE..

Have you sent that to Hancock ?

I can fully appreciate the difficulties that they are experiencing, I have no doubt that many people are working very long hours to resolve these difficult problems.

However, Hancock was very naughty today at the select committee.
He was asked some very specific questions on a very narrow topic and chose to withhold highly significant information from a select committee.

He will have been well aware that there was going to be an issue with gowns this weekend and that a memo was going to be issued on the subject late on a Friday afternoon.

He had an opportunity to inform the committee that they were likely to have to modify their guidance regarding the use of gowns.
But he didn't, he chose not to tell them and I find it very unlikely that the discussion wasn't already underway to change the guidance.

As for the decision, they have no bloody choice, they don't have enough gowns to get through the weekend.

But it is a shocking way to manage staff who are under extreme stress.
Go and speak to them, tell them you have a shortage, can they think of a way to get through the next few days whilst new supplies are sourced.

They'll be hacked off but will understand and come up with better solutions than "the suits" will.

Instead, a management memo issued late on a Friday just as the suits slope off home for the weekend.
It looks terrible.

That's because it is, very poor staff management and they are very lucky that the staff are so dedicated to saving lives.

They have made a big issue on several occasions regarding changing PPE specs, each time saying that they have been "guided by the science and medical advice".

Now, they are being guided by shortages, not best medical practice.
Poor, poor, poor.

All I have ever asked is that they be open and honest, we all know it is a huge challenge, compromises will be required.
So be upfront with people.

But no, they cant break the habit of a lifetime, deception and deceit is the default and natural behavioural style.

Now, they are being guided by shortages, not best medical practice.
Poor, poor, poor.
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FFS grow up and meet reality. This forum is unbelievable.

Does best medical practice state that you should use single use gowns on multiple occasions ?
A simple yes or no will suffice.

Select committees are fully intended to provide public scrutiny of the government.
If you, as a minister, do not wish to be subjected to such scrutiny, resign your post.

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Apr 12
It always used to be well known in the industry that when it came to the end of the financial year for public sector bodies it was fill your boots time.

Why? Well if they didn’t spend their allocated budget that year it was reduced the next.

Let's take this one step at a time.
Does best medical practice state that you should use single use gowns on multiple occasions ?

It would also help if you read the full content of my earlier post, not stop when you see something that you do not like.

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Still waiting.

Q. Does best medical practice state that you should use single use gowns on multiple occasions?
Q. If sufficient quantities of single use gown were available, would these "exceptional" measures be required?

JC, before you continue to get yourself worked up about the continuing left wing conspiracy, here is the front page of today's Telegraph.

Main headline : 7,500 feared to have dies in care homes
Other headline : Yard's "clap for carers" tribute backfires
Other headline : Doctors and nurses told to reuse "single use" PPE
Other headline : Banks urged to speed up loans for small businesses
Other headline : No strategy for leaving lockdown until Johnson returns, ministers admit

You aren't "educating" anyone Just Checking.

The Goverment promised care home an abundance of PPE on Thursday
The Goverment runs out of certain PPE on Friday
The Goverment says there is no need for the public to wear masks as it will leave the NHS without,false guidance to the public.