Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[Dawson Park Boy]

15 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said:

Loving this media narrative being pushed by the governments who failed the public that its all the fault of lazy GP’s and not the funding cuts, mismanagement of the pandemic and general incompetence in the strategic planning and governance of the NHS to blame. Those figured likely dont take into account out of hours, teaching, courses etc lots of GPs also have other commitments like working at hospices doing palliative care or other specialist in patient facilities. 
One of the wifes colleagues is in hospital with heart failure, deranged liver and unlikely to return to work due to their illness, all as a result of seeing a patient who lied about their symptoms and exposed them to covid by adopting the facebook medical school approach of ‘its naw covid’. 

I thinking you’re getting the wrong end of the stick here.

I, for one, am just trying to get the facts and, it would appear that a substantial number of GP’s are choosing to work part time, as is their right. I can see it at my practice.

We therefore need to train up lots more.

[Billy Jean King]

I thinking you’re getting the wrong end of the stick here.
I, for one, am just trying to get the facts and, it would appear that a substantial number of GP’s are choosing to work part time, as is their right. I can see it at my practice.
We therefore need to train up lots more.

If that's the case why the "Wow" exclamation in your initial post ? That suggests to me that you were trying to make an issue of it rather than pointing out they are doing nothing wrong and are in fact doing plenty other work when not actually seeing patients.

[Dawson Park Boy]

31 minutes ago, Billy Jean King said:

38 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said:

I thinking you’re getting the wrong end of the stick here.
I, for one, am just trying to get the facts and, it would appear that a substantial number of GP’s are choosing to work part time, as is their right. I can see it at my practice.
We therefore need to train up lots more.

If that's the case why the "Wow" exclamation in your initial post ? That suggests to me that you were trying to make an issue of it rather than pointing out they are doing nothing wrong and are in fact doing plenty other work when not actually seeing patients.

I was merely surprised at the figures which have been confirmed by other contributors.

As I said we obviously need more.

You always want to make a big issue out of things and you were slating the Telegraph journalist for no major reason other than you don’t like the paper.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

40 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said:

I thinking you’re getting the wrong end of the stick here.

I, for one, am just trying to get the facts and, it would appear that a substantial number of GP’s are choosing to work part time, as is their right. I can see it at my practice.

We therefore need to train up lots more.

No what youre doing is taking a very specific phrasing and definition of what constitutes a GP’s work, forgetting that many do longer days, miss breaks and eat lunch at their desks etc or on house calls. The idea of a GP’s work being only the time spent doing a ‘session’ is again an attempt by the government’s client media to frame the ‘health professionals are the lazy baddies here’ mindset, missing the other commitments which they have as teachers both of student doctors and ongoing professional development, appraisers for colleagues, helping out in palliative care clinics etc. A doctor who works 3 days in practice and 2 out of hours shifts a week would be classes as part time in your book and thats before they go and do any training or upskilling which most doctors fund themselves. Doctors have been talking about the need to recruit more new GP’s but numbers coming through and provided by the Scottish and English governments are no where near enough. Open yer eyes a wee bit more eh?

[Dawson Park Boy]

11 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said:

No what youre doing is taking a very specific phrasing and definition of what constitutes a GP’s work, forgetting that many do longer days, miss breaks and eat lunch at their desks etc or on house calls. The idea of a GP’s work being only the time spent doing a ‘session’ is again an attempt by the government’s client media to frame the ‘health professionals are the lazy baddies here’ mindset, missing the other commitments which they have as teachers both of student doctors and ongoing professional development, appraisers for colleagues, helping out in palliative care clinics etc. A doctor who works 3 days in practice and 2 out of hours shifts a week would be classes as part time in your book and thats before they go and do any training or upskilling which most doctors fund themselves. Doctors have been talking about the need to recruit more new GP’s but numbers coming through and provided by the Scottish and English governments are no where near enough. Open yer eyes a wee bit more eh?

I’m learning from what you’re telling me. It’s a subject about which I know little and I’m certainly not making any political points as BJK appears to think. Many years ago, I did tax work for numerous practices but that was before the big changes in terms and conditions came about.

So thanks for the enlightenment. Appreciated.

[Elixir]

Hilariously bad. Even Big Don has piss easy dunks on the amateur hour Scottish Government.

 

[mizfit]

Head office have sent out a rather blunt email saying that we’re to return 3 days a week to the office regardless what previous conversations we’ve had with managers about how we’ll spend our time.

[Detournement]

Blair gave GPs a contract that encourages part time working and early retirement. At the same time a decision was made not to expand medical school places.

The long-term outcomes of those choices aren't difficult to predict.

[Detournement]

1 hour ago, Elixir said:

Hilariously bad. Even Big Don has piss easy dunks on the amateur hour Scottish Government.

 

The passport will be easy to beat until it becomes an established part of life then extra security features will be added.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Elixir said:

Hilariously bad. Even Big Don has piss easy dunks on the amateur hour Scottish Government.

 

As much as both Governments are useless, I'd say that's the individual and the stewarding that are at fault as opposed to the actual App.

It's a bit like making fun of the seatbelt law as people can "get round it" simply by choosing not to put it on.

[superbigal]

Daily Summary for @oaksoft :   Deaths 0 (1 day before),  ICU cases 56 up 2  (21 new admissions),  In hospital with confirmed Covid  933 down 2  (? admissions).    

Figures for Jags.  1st Vaccines 7,664 to 7,359 excellent as so many 12-15 year olds take up the offer as opposed to the  18-29 year olds.  2nd vaccines  2,060 to 2,771

Daily Cases Update: Day 3 on the rise after 28 days of falls, up 1.39% to 312.2 as we fail to crack the 300 barrier. Also infectivity up again to 8.0%.  A further rise is on the cards tomorrow. Wave 5 or static ?  Certainly back on the rise in the UK in all nations. Another 40,000 case day. 

Total Cases Scotland 7 days 2nd October  to 8th October  were  16,833 to 17,067 up 1.39%, Positivity was 7.9% now 8.0%.  Cases per 100K were 308.0 now 312.2

Home Nations Daily Cases per 100K update  :  UK Average  348.3 to 354.6 up 1.81%, England  341.3 to 347.8 up 1.90%, Wales 506.2 to 520.4 up 2,81%, Northern Ireland   423.4 to 424.5 up 0,26%

In Europe for travellers (Countries Population over 3 Million) Serbia 514.1 (weekly change -11%), Romania 467.1 (weekly up 28%), Moldova 231.4 (Weekly up 12%), Croatia 225.6 (weekly up 8%), Bulgaria 214.5 (Weekly up 13%), Ukraine 190.5(Week up 30%), Ireland  183.7 (Weekly  -2%), Slovakia 171.9 (weekly up 30%)These are the only countries over 150 cases per 100K.   

At the other end.  Spain 23.7,  Poland 29.4, Italy 31.4, France 44.6, Germany 80.7 of the big fish.

Scotland  peaks in wave 4 at 817.1 for 1st Sep to 7th Sep, (UK was 392.1), Cases that day were 44,663 and positivity 12.5%

Scotland peaks in Wave 3 at 425.1 for 27th June to 3rd July, (UK was 229.9) . Cases that day were 23,222 and positivity 10.8%

Scotland  peaked in wave 2 at 301.9 for figures 29th Dec to 4th Jan, (UK was 642.1)    Cases that day were 16,496 and test positivity rate was 11.9%  

Council progress in last 24 Hours as follows.

Click cases by neighbourhood to see the spread on the geographical map. 
https://public.tableau.com/profile/phs.covid.19#!/vizhome/COVID-19DailyDashboard_15960160643010/Overview

Stirling   418.8 to 460.2  Suprise new hotspot up 10%

West Lothian   440.1 to 454.2

Dundee City  436.1 to 446.8  

East Ayrshire   402.1 to 404.6 

Aberdeenshire   384.6 to 401.9  

Falkirk   404.2 to 399.2

Fife   373.1 to 383.0

Moray  377.2 to 374.0  

North Lanarkshire   375.6 to 374.0  

East Renfrewshire     347.7 to 356.0  

North Ayrshire   333.7 to 326.3

South Lanarkshire  321.1 to 322.6  

Scottish  Borders     314.1 to 315.9

East Dunbartonshire    320.0 to 313.6

BELOW AVERAGE 

West Dunbartonshire    300.0 to 306.8

Dumfries & Galloway  312.9 to 304.4

Renfrewshire   287.1 to 292.1  

Angus   262.5 to 279.7

Perth & Kinross   275.8 to 274.5

Glasgow City  280.8 to 274.1

Aberdeen City    268.1 to 273.7

Inverclyde  247.9 to 258.2

Clackmannanshire  220.3 to 253.5

Midlothian 252.1 to 249.1

South Ayrshire   229.2 to 242.6 

Argyll & Bute    224.7 to 232.9

East Lothian   224.3 to 221.5

City Of Edinburgh 207.2 to 217.8

Highlands   194.1 to 198.8

Shetland Islands    153.0 to 135.5

Western Isles   132.1 to 124.5

Orkney Islands    75.9 to 71.4

[Elixir]

1 hour ago, Detournement said:

Blair gave GPs a contract that encourages part time working and early retirement. At the same time a decision was made not to expand medical school places.

The long-term outcomes of those choices aren't difficult to predict.

The Great Reset must have been in the pipeline a very long time, indeed!

[Elixir]

1 hour ago, Detournement said:

The passport will be easy to beat until it becomes an established part of life then extra security features will be added.

Maybe in your warped wee world, bud.

[craigkillie]

2 hours ago, superbigal said:

Figures for Jags.  1st Vaccines 7,664 to 7,359 excellent as so many 12-15 year olds take up the offer as opposed to the  18-29 year olds.

We're currently at 38.9% uptake for 12-15 year-olds compared to 77.1% for 18-29 year-olds, so we don't have any actual evidence for this claim yet.

 

Edited October 11, 2021 by craigkillie

[Lyle Lanley]

 

[Detournement]

1 hour ago, Elixir said:

The Great Reset must have been in the pipeline a very long time, indeed!

NHS market reforms introduced by New Labour were designed to lead to the privatisation of all profitable parts of the NHS.

 

[Detournement]

1 hour ago, Elixir said:

Maybe in your warped wee world, bud.

If you have seen anything where the Scottish Government suggest the passport will be temporary please share.

[Robin.Hood]

We don't seem so bad here 

[Monkey Tennis]

7 hours ago, Tynierose said:

I do not know of anyone who works 5 days, I did it for a year and it was quite frankly soul destroying.  Like many others I compress my working week into 4 days of stress, abuse and angst instead to allow me a day to reboot.

A nice option to have.

[WeAreElgin]

Vaccine passport/negative test result required to get into the historic sites in Crete. Saves me a shite day trip, but when will Oaksoft/Detournement condemn?????