stated function is to prevent, prepare for, and respond to infectious diseases and environmental hazards, keeping all our communities safe, saving lives, and protecting livelihoods.
2.6 billion for criminal negligence. It is unimaginable what the cost will be, if one day, every single person injured or killed by the mrna experimental biologicals is financially compensated. £2.6 billion will look like, as we say in the USA, “chump change”. No disrespect intended.
"Seagulls nesting in an empty building at the Royal Gwent Hospital delayed its demolition because they are protected species under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act." £110,000. Kerchink.
Hmmm. I remember when the Tyne Tunnel 2 was being constructed in Spring 2008. This was during a lengthy period when I had to travel up to Northumberland from Yorkshire at least once a week.
The construction work had to stop for two months, because as our beloved BBC reported on 10 July 2008, a seagull had nested in the chimney of the 200 year old, now derelict, "Gas Light" public house in Jarrow, which had to be demolished as part of the project. This could not be progressed until the seagull chicks flew the nest. This being during Gordon Brown's reign, the project was one of those fancy 'public-private-financial-initiatives' and I'm not sure what the delay cost (even in 2008 £££s). But I can guess who ended up paying. Certainly it created yet more chaos and delay to traffic.
It is interesting to recall that, immediately before this jolly game, Newcastle Council workers had been swarming about, precariously painting seagull eggs so they wouldn't hatch. Apparently quite legally, albeit at great expense to local taxpayers.
With apologies for being boring, this further reminds me of a little battle I managed to start inside the Construction and Minerals industries about Great Crested Newts. A little hobby horse of mine, but it seemed (and still seems) weird that projects across the UK were and are quite regularly delayed for a couple of years whilst colonies of Great Crested Newts are relocated, at huge expense because the little critters are "protected" under (unmodifiable) EU legislation. If the little beggers are so rare, how come they seem to be as common as bluebottles in the real world? Turns out there are over a thousand recorded colonies of these newts, with populations between a couple of dozen up to over a thousand. But you need a special, extremely hard to attain, license from the Environment Agency to go near one. (Unless you are a 'Swampy' type who carries them about to prevent development. Naturally.) Turns out, we were told, that when the EU asked whether we wanted to "protect" newts, our senior Civil "Servants" agreed, rather than do even a basic check. Indeed, they pointed out, whilst we had an abundance of Great Crested Newts, they were really rare across almost all of the EU! When I rudely asked that, bearing in mind that Herring Gulls are rather rare in Hungary, Slovakia etc, why Herring Gulls weren't given the same protection across the EU, the senior civil "Servants" got quite huffy and got in a sulk. Curious, how things work...
Clinical neglgigence costs are a complicated matter and the NHS does not deal with its liabilities as efficiently as private insurers. In particular, it prefers to pay out lump sums to settle maternity claims rather than structured settlements with an annual payment over a child's lifetime. If the child dies earlier than actuarily expected, this represents a windfall gain for heirs. It is also not veyr good at litigating strategically. When I was studying these things in the 1980s, private insurers would often settle a series of claims while waiting to take a poorly-evidenced one to court and establish a precedent that would close down that line of approach. Some of this is down to Treasury rules on public accounting but some of it is also down to well-known issues that courts have in dealing with complex scientfic evidence on causation. There is a temptation for judges to look at a child with a disability and say 'give them the money' rather than looking at the strength of evidence and disappointing the claimant. The supposed lower costs elsewhere also need a bit of digging into because they often reflect aspects of the legal system and its interaction with the social security system rather than being directly comparable. The work that Paul Fenn and I did on this can readily be found in standard searches.
Regarding those pesky seagulls: this is NHS Wales, a perfect blueprint on how NHS England is going to develop under this government. We did warn you ...
stated function is to prevent, prepare for, and respond to infectious diseases and environmental hazards, keeping all our communities safe, saving lives, and protecting livelihoods.
What is TTE worth? What a question! It's priceless!
Well said. You beat me to it.
2.6 billion for criminal negligence. It is unimaginable what the cost will be, if one day, every single person injured or killed by the mrna experimental biologicals is financially compensated. £2.6 billion will look like, as we say in the USA, “chump change”. No disrespect intended.
It helps to have a better understanding of a government and it’s health service when the actual numbers are produced.thank you.
"Seagulls nesting in an empty building at the Royal Gwent Hospital delayed its demolition because they are protected species under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act." £110,000. Kerchink.
Hmmm. I remember when the Tyne Tunnel 2 was being constructed in Spring 2008. This was during a lengthy period when I had to travel up to Northumberland from Yorkshire at least once a week.
The construction work had to stop for two months, because as our beloved BBC reported on 10 July 2008, a seagull had nested in the chimney of the 200 year old, now derelict, "Gas Light" public house in Jarrow, which had to be demolished as part of the project. This could not be progressed until the seagull chicks flew the nest. This being during Gordon Brown's reign, the project was one of those fancy 'public-private-financial-initiatives' and I'm not sure what the delay cost (even in 2008 £££s). But I can guess who ended up paying. Certainly it created yet more chaos and delay to traffic.
It is interesting to recall that, immediately before this jolly game, Newcastle Council workers had been swarming about, precariously painting seagull eggs so they wouldn't hatch. Apparently quite legally, albeit at great expense to local taxpayers.
With apologies for being boring, this further reminds me of a little battle I managed to start inside the Construction and Minerals industries about Great Crested Newts. A little hobby horse of mine, but it seemed (and still seems) weird that projects across the UK were and are quite regularly delayed for a couple of years whilst colonies of Great Crested Newts are relocated, at huge expense because the little critters are "protected" under (unmodifiable) EU legislation. If the little beggers are so rare, how come they seem to be as common as bluebottles in the real world? Turns out there are over a thousand recorded colonies of these newts, with populations between a couple of dozen up to over a thousand. But you need a special, extremely hard to attain, license from the Environment Agency to go near one. (Unless you are a 'Swampy' type who carries them about to prevent development. Naturally.) Turns out, we were told, that when the EU asked whether we wanted to "protect" newts, our senior Civil "Servants" agreed, rather than do even a basic check. Indeed, they pointed out, whilst we had an abundance of Great Crested Newts, they were really rare across almost all of the EU! When I rudely asked that, bearing in mind that Herring Gulls are rather rare in Hungary, Slovakia etc, why Herring Gulls weren't given the same protection across the EU, the senior civil "Servants" got quite huffy and got in a sulk. Curious, how things work...
"For this, we’re yet ot find anyone who can inform us how the UKHSA improves health or keeps us secure"
This implies it's purpose is to improve our health and keep us secure!!!
Yes indeed. But in reality, the purpose appears to be precisely the opposite.
Exactly 👍
Clinical neglgigence costs are a complicated matter and the NHS does not deal with its liabilities as efficiently as private insurers. In particular, it prefers to pay out lump sums to settle maternity claims rather than structured settlements with an annual payment over a child's lifetime. If the child dies earlier than actuarily expected, this represents a windfall gain for heirs. It is also not veyr good at litigating strategically. When I was studying these things in the 1980s, private insurers would often settle a series of claims while waiting to take a poorly-evidenced one to court and establish a precedent that would close down that line of approach. Some of this is down to Treasury rules on public accounting but some of it is also down to well-known issues that courts have in dealing with complex scientfic evidence on causation. There is a temptation for judges to look at a child with a disability and say 'give them the money' rather than looking at the strength of evidence and disappointing the claimant. The supposed lower costs elsewhere also need a bit of digging into because they often reflect aspects of the legal system and its interaction with the social security system rather than being directly comparable. The work that Paul Fenn and I did on this can readily be found in standard searches.
Answering your last question: TTE is priceless.
Regarding those pesky seagulls: this is NHS Wales, a perfect blueprint on how NHS England is going to develop under this government. We did warn you ...
vi chiedete quanto valga la TTE? la TTE non si tocca. in una scala da 1 a 10 vale almeno 1.000.000. con affetto e stima.♥
do you wonder how much the TTE is worth? the TTE cannot be touched. on a scale of 1 to 10 it is worth at least 1,000,000. with affection and esteem.♥