#DHSC

A thread on deaths from COVID-19 in the UK, and drawing different conclusions from different data sources. More information is set out in the appendix to our paper here: https://aon.com/unitedkingdom/retirement-investment/COVID-19/Demographic-Horizon
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Update: Following hospital figures today, a cautious estimate of the number of excess UK deaths linked to the coronavirus pandemic up to 26 May is63,800Of these 59,359 have happened between
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Coronavirus vaccine could be fast-tracked under government plans to change the law that will also protect pharmaceutical companies from being sued:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-vaccine-fast-tracked-uk-unlicensed-medi
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DHSC are pushing back hard on those claims they're running a network of fake NHS staff accounts to support the government's strategy.https://twitter.com/DHSCgovuk/status/1252344051216420865 The fake accounts do seem to exist, but
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Update: Today the DHSC announced 813 deaths, but 156 of the English deaths happened before April 6 for which we already have good data. This is quite a problem for
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.@NAOorguk @CommonsSTC - can you investigate the delays in today's Covid reporting? If it's just a delay in reporting, that's one thing, but if these are delays into NHS Test
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PHE doing the daily lengthy rebuttal thing today...Quite a lot of “the DHSC is responsible for...” the pandemic stockpile/ the supply of PPE/ German-style testing... and then “we have not
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Absolute terror reigns over many #AVCT shareholders this week- simply because @avacta hasn't announced orders for its LFT yet.Question: would #AVCT be lining up 30m per month capacity overseas, if
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THREAD - Deaths registered w/e 15 May (E&W)With the news agenda focused elsewhere today, here’s my summaryCaveat - where VE Day Bank Holiday register office closures reduced death regs in
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Unlike many of my Twitter colleagues, I think there should be a public inquiry. Which should focus on1. Pandemic planning2. ICU bed provision3. Numbers of ICU nurses and Drs being
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The devil’s in the detail in this Telegraph story: tests “offered”, people “able to see if they are eligible to apply”. Spoken to key workers in councils and care homes
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1/15ODX confirmation of Mologic test final numbers,"sensitivity of 98.4% on samples with a cycle threshold (Ct) of < 20 (85% overall sensitivity on samples with Ct values ranging from 9.8
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Glad to hear the ONS, on #MoreOrLess, pick up on this allegation I saw tweeted out yesterday that the DHSC death data “was discredited” because it counted deaths that were
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An FOI request of the Health and Safety Executive in relation to PPE supplied to the Department of Health by Pestfix has turned up some quite extraordinary material. THREAD The
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An instructive read... We’ve been lulled into a false sense of security by Clapping for the NHS, free pizza, chicken balti and fried chicken. But read this. http://ukmedicaldecisionlawblog.co.uk/rss-feed/119-covid-19-allocation-and-withdrawal-of-vent
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Given allegations about early UK response to Covid-19 I’ve been looking at minutes of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG). This to the main Scientific Advisory
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