Tag Archives: Matthew Hancock

A very difficult position for the Government and our whole Nation

Posted on May 24, 2020 by ianchisnall

I find writing about the Dominic Cummings situation as difficult as I did about writing about Neil Ferguson’s situation. Both men have worked very hard to try to communicate with our Nation about COVID-19 along with many of their colleagues … Continue reading →

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Can we ask all Governments to permanently maintain listening mode?

Posted on May 20, 2020 by ianchisnall

This morning on the Radio it was announced that Robert Buckland had announced that in the light of the reactions from a range of Councils and Teachers that the Government was going to set out in listening mode over the … Continue reading →

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Can the Government communicate “Coronavirus: Disease Control”?

Posted on May 17, 2020 by ianchisnall

On Thursday 14th May after Parliament had closed for the week, the Government kindly provided an answer to this written question from John Hayes MP who asked it under the title of Coronavirus: Disease Control. Presumably Matthew Hancock was too … Continue reading →

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Testing COVID-19 is vital for our future, as is the understanding by our Prime Minister

Posted on May 9, 2020 by ianchisnall

One of the vital pieces of data that the Government has been sharing with us for some weeks is how many tests there have been and how many people are being tested for COVID-19. I know that some of the … Continue reading →

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Two Tims (and one Tom) with very different responses to our Test capacity

Posted on May 3, 2020 by ianchisnall

The need to Test most people in our nation to find out if they have COVID-19 is vital if we are to move on from lockdown towards some form of conventional open society. The suggestion I have read is that … Continue reading →

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Two positive claims from a fortnight ago – that now need to be met

Posted on April 19, 2020 by ianchisnall

Two weeks ago at the beginning of April, Matthew Hancock returned from his seven day personal C-19 isolation and made statements during the next two Coronavirus Daily Updates that clearly now need to be explained in the light of the … Continue reading →

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The need for extra focus on COVID-19 testing by the Government

Posted on April 16, 2020 by ianchisnall

Yesterday during the No 10 Downing Street presentation on Coronaviris, the comments regarding the C-19 testing seemed very unclear to me. Matthew Hancock stated a couple of times during the session that the provision of tests for people from the … Continue reading →

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The latest effort to protect people on construction sites from COVID-19

Posted on April 15, 2020 by ianchisnall

Yesterday a Government formed agency, albeit one that Ministers claim is a ‘business led membership council’ published its third version of a guidance document under the short title of Site Operating Procedures or the slightly longer title of Construction Sector … Continue reading →

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A very useful question from Hannah Al-Othman regarding C-19 testing

Posted on April 11, 2020 by ianchisnall

The presentation from Matthew Hancock yesterday has been for very obvious reasons largely focused on the PPE equipment that is needed to protect people working in the Hospitals and other settings. However another critical issue is the ability of the … Continue reading →

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As we stay off the Streets, the challenges of future residential settings must begin to be addressed

Posted on April 6, 2020 by ianchisnall

It is very hard to make sense of what the next few days will be like, let alone the rest of April given that the numbers of deaths and illnesses related to C-19 are appearing to rise across the nation … Continue reading →

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