Matt Hancock….

People just don't see people with learning disabilities as human

We work SO hard for her to have a 'normal' and independent and happy life as possible and yet it was deemed necessary by government bodies to judge her wrt to the frailty scale angry I don't bloody think so.

This is awful to read, JaneJudge. It must have been terrifying for you, and heartbreaking to think about how some politicians view your daughter.

So glad to hear your daughter is well, JaneJudge.

My daughter is lucky, she has a loving family who are able and articulate enough to advocate for her properly. That really isn't the case for a lot of people with learning disabilities. She has lived with with me for 5/6 months since the pandemic has began on and off so we could limit her contact with the virus during peak periods as much as we could but we are exhausted now

I'm aware how people judge her but you would think better of professional bodies when laws are in place to protect her

And it was only because of Jo Whiley that people realised that people with learning disabilities weren’t being offered the vaccine.

Who is the biggest lier? What a contest! Matt Hancock, so sweet and lovely, or his boss the wonderful Boris who could teach a saint to speak an untruth.

MayBee70

And it was only because of Jo Whiley that people realised that people with learning disabilities weren’t being offered the vaccine.

I know and they were 30 times more likely than their peers to die from covid

Matt Hancock must be held to account. He has been a disastrous Minister of Health.

And of course we have the dreadful lateral flow test debacle too. The tests MH is so pleased about and is relying on to keep schools and care homes safe!

Don’t know if you’ve read the article in theBMJ?
In spite of the government spending a huge amount of money on these Innova tests they are pretty useless. In the Birmingham study they only picked up 3% of the ones the PCR would have done.

www.bmj.com/company/newsroom/uk-government-must-urgently-rethink-lateral-flow-test-roll-out-warn-experts/

America advised that the best place for these tests was in the trash

We haven’t got lateral flow tests in use in Wales except for specific purposes via a Covid testing Centre, they aren’t distributed to anybody who wants them. I wondered why, maybe that’s the reason.

Casdon, in the event that you’d like some, you can order them online or there are lots of collection points all over Wales.

Thanks Mollygo, I thought you needed to have a reason to use them. My children went to a Wales match last weekend, and they were sent them in the post from the FAW, as well as the PCR tests, they had to submit negative results before they received their match tickets.

It’s the PCR tests that bother me. They cost so much. If want to go away as a family it adds a huge amount to the cost.

They do cost a lot, but if they are accurate it does provide some reassurance, whereas it looks like the lateral flow tests aren’t accurate at all unfortunately.

Whitewavemark2

The noose is tightening, but not just for Hancock, I think Johnson will be a target as well.

Cummings has set up a new platform for more insider revelations, on Substack.

He said that he intends to use the platform to campaign for answers about the covid pandemic.

Hopefully Cummings too. He was the instigator of much of this, horrid little man, revenge is his game, hope it backfires on him.

Well now we know what Johnson thought of Hancock!

“totally f**** hopeless”

If Johnson really thought that and still kept him on, doesn’t say much about his management skills does it?

NotSpaghetti

Well now we know what Johnson thought of Hancock!

“totally f**** hopeless”

But he still inflicts him on the NHS.

It seems to me that we totter along in spite of our b….y useless politicians.

DH always reckons that Gavin Williamson has got something on Johnson going back to his party whip days which is why he keeps him on.

So that is the sort of thanks that Boris Johnson gives a minister that has been so loyal to him.

I think more or less everyone close to Johnson has something on him!

Didn't D C ever sign the Official Secrets Act? Would any fo us be surprised about the "something" when it came out?

Here is Health Secretary Matt Hancock insisting his Government’s derisory 1% pay offer to NHS staff is a “real terms” pay rise.

Trouble is Cummings was the one who presided over this government’s lies and an inability to sack anyone, he is the prime example. Hopefully the teflon coating will wear thin, but this latest gossip, even if cast iron truth, isn’t going to stick.