It is known that PCR machines are widely used in Research laboratories in all universities. There is potentially an army of highly skilled scientists with numerous vacant labs who have been available- and have volunteered to help- without take up or positive response.
Further it appears that NHS labs have not been working to capacity or to assist in testing. It appears that testing may have become a “privatised opportunity”
For whose benefit has this strategy been devised/adopted?
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14 Jun
George McQuilkinAlso, I've always been curious about what happened in the early days of March where events appeared to tie the Scottish government to the decision-making of the Westminster government. Was there an opportunity for separate decision making? Did the fact that the Chancellor controlled the purse strings and the Scottish government and the Scottish people would not have had the same financial support if it decided on a different path a significant or controlling factor?
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28 Jun
F I MacIllFhinneinThe way in which testing machinery was removed from Ninewells by members of the armed forces (armed?) to be taken to Milton Keynes (where, AFAIK, no staff had been trained to use it) seems sinister to me - almost as if the Westminster Government were determined to cut back testing capacity in Scotland.
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13 Jul
SarahI dimly remember Ninewells having to up its own testing capacity, buying kits from South Korea in order to reduce staff absences & NHS Grampian set up its own in-house lab to speed things up. Suggests a clear lack of leadership at national level. Neither govt. has a good story to tell re: testing. It is a genuine worry that Scotland is still undertaking so little relative to England despite having increased capacity. Are all all areas of Scotland served well by the system too?