Coronavirus - UK
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@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@pakman said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
Hearing that the biggest at the coalface bottleneck in providing the vaccine is people not knowing their own NHS number.
FFS what is wrong with people?
My wife is helping at a hub and reckons number on system? Mind you not sure if NHS IT is user friendly?
It ought to be easy as your NHS number is quoted on any correspondence you may have received. I understand that the system works on the number which can be cross referenced with a name and address, d.o.b. etc but that takes time to input. Multiply that by the huge numbers that are to be vaccinated and you get an unnecessary bottleneck at point of vaccination.
Mind you the fact that you need your NHS number has not been widely reported.
When I've had my Flu jabs, I've turned up with my letter or txt message and they simply checked the appointment reference against their list.
Assume people get a letter when they get notified of a jab?
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@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
Hearing that the biggest at the coalface bottleneck in providing the vaccine is people not knowing their own NHS number.
FFS what is wrong with people?
How is this difficult?
How about having a convenient little card that fits in your wallet that you could take to places with you? ...
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@pakman said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
Hearing that the biggest at the coalface bottleneck in providing the vaccine is people not knowing their own NHS number.
FFS what is wrong with people?
My wife is helping at a hub and reckons number on system? Mind you not sure if NHS IT is user friendly?
It ought to be easy as your NHS number is quoted on any correspondence you may have received. I understand that the system works on the number which can be cross referenced with a name and address, d.o.b. etc but that takes time to input. Multiply that by the huge numbers that are to be vaccinated and you get an unnecessary bottleneck at point of vaccination.
Mind you the fact that you need your NHS number has not been widely reported.
When I've had my Flu jabs, I've turned up with my letter or txt message and they simply checked the appointment reference against their list.
Assume people get a letter when they get notified of a jab?
Not entirely sure how it works, just heard from NHS staff about the problem. Maybe people forget to bring their letter? I'd guess the difference between this and the flu jabs is the sheer numbers. What is a minor nuisance when doing a dozen or so a day becomes a significant problem when trying to do hundreds or thousands
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@booboo said in Coronavirus - UK:
How about having a convenient little card that fits in your wallet that you could take to places with you? ...
Think I have one in my wallet.
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@booboo said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
Hearing that the biggest at the coalface bottleneck in providing the vaccine is people not knowing their own NHS number.
FFS what is wrong with people?
How is this difficult?
How about having a convenient little card that fits in your wallet that you could take to places with you? ...
You mean so the government can track you?
Sheeple.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
@booboo said in Coronavirus - UK:
How about having a convenient little card that fits in your wallet that you could take to places with you? ...
Think I have one in my wallet.
So there are morans that don't?
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@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
Not entirely sure how it works,
Four over-80's in the extended family and one nurse have had the shot. Pretty sure they were given a letter and then a card with details/date of the jab when they actually got it.
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@Victor-Meldrew funnily I only recently took my one out of my wallet cos I had too many cards!
Think one of the kids may have claimed it...
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@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@booboo said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
Hearing that the biggest at the coalface bottleneck in providing the vaccine is people not knowing their own NHS number.
FFS what is wrong with people?
How is this difficult?
How about having a convenient little card that fits in your wallet that you could take to places with you? ...
You mean so the government can track you?
Sheeple.
The secret plan to track you has been revealed.....it's a guitar pedal.
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@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
Hearing that the biggest at the coalface bottleneck in providing the vaccine is people not knowing their own NHS number.
FFS what is wrong with people?
Fuck I'd have no idea what mine is. On my payslip right? Which I have no idea how to access at the moment. Haven't been to a doctor or received any letters in years. I think I had an old blue and red card somewhere?
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@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
Hearing that the biggest at the coalface bottleneck in providing the vaccine is people not knowing their own NHS number.
FFS what is wrong with people?
The NHS should have it FFS
Passport, bingo -
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
Hearing that the biggest at the coalface bottleneck in providing the vaccine is people not knowing their own NHS number.
FFS what is wrong with people?
The NHS should have it FFS
Passport, bingoYeah, between National Insurance, Post Code & last name, that should be plenty.
Although to me this seems more like the sort of crap which isn't really a big deal but the sort of thing which Morgan, Jones & co like to use to blow up about the incompetence of the Government. But of course, nothing to do with the utter perfection that is the "under funded" NHS.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
Not entirely sure how it works,
Four over-80's in the extended family and one nurse have had the shot. Pretty sure they were given a letter and then a card with details/date of the jab when they actually got it.
So. Foolproof. Except....
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@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
Hearing that the biggest at the coalface bottleneck in providing the vaccine is people not knowing their own NHS number.
FFS what is wrong with people?
Fuck I'd have no idea what mine is. On my payslip right? Which I have no idea how to access at the moment. Haven't been to a doctor or received any letters in years. I think I had an old blue and red card somewhere?
Payslip would be your NI number which is different. The blue and red card would be the thing.
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Yeah it really should be quite simple, but as I said earlier whilst it is possible for the NHS staff to find the NHS number, this is a time thing. Not an issue as a one off but when you are trying to get hundreds or thousands (hopefully) through the door, it does become an issue.
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https://unherd.com/2021/01/who-are-covids-guilty-men/
As the Atlantic journalist Tom McTague observed back in August, the entire British state has been found wanting, as this country âhas found a way to be simultaneously overcentralized and weak at its centreâ. The problem is not just the Conservative Government, though that has failed entirely: it is the entire superstructure around it, the Civil Service, Public Health England, the media. The British state and its parasitic para-state are both entirely unfit for purpose.
It is the very malaise identified by the pantomime villain of our expert class, Dominic Cummings, when he said, back in 2014: âWe do not have a problem with âtoo much cynicismâ â we have a problem with too much trust in people and institutions that are not fit to control so much. When faced with the âfog of warâ in nonlinear systems such as the financial system, disease outbreaks, or terrorism, the current system is absolutely bound to respond with sloth/panic, chaos, and blunders.â Working within the heart of the British state, Cummings identified its fatal flaws long ago â so it is no wonder that the para-stateâs immune system, the Westminster lobby, spat him out as a threat to its continued survival.
It is unfortunate that his suggestions for its reform suffer from what the writer Paul Kingsnorth identified in his essay on the scythe as an ingrained tendency to hope for technological quick fixes instead of simple, timeworn solutions. Surrounded by hapless administrators, Cummings identified the over-powerful yet ineffective state bureaucracy as the problem, and markets and Big Tech as the solution.
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Brutal:
The primary function, and duty, of the state is to keep the people safe; all authority flows from this compact with the nation. Yet instead of Hobbesâ Leviathan, the modern British state resembles a giant tutting HR administrator looming over the country, cautioning that decisive action is impossible: borders canât be policed; volunteers canât administer vaccines to those at risk, without an official certificate of correct opinions; the Army canât be brought in; even if they can do it in other countries, we couldnât possibly adopt such radical solutions here.
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@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
Not entirely sure how it works,
Four over-80's in the extended family and one nurse have had the shot. Pretty sure they were given a letter and then a card with details/date of the jab when they actually got it.
So. Foolproof. Except....
Turning on a light switch is pretty foolproof. But some people would struggle.
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@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - UK:
Hearing that the biggest at the coalface bottleneck in providing the vaccine is people not knowing their own NHS number.
FFS what is wrong with people?
Fuck I'd have no idea what mine is. On my payslip right? Which I have no idea how to access at the moment. Haven't been to a doctor or received any letters in years. I think I had an old blue and red card somewhere?
One on payslip is NI number. Not NHS.