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Horrifying story from Conway and Manthorpe which confirms fears about chaos at heart of Govt& #39;s Testing Programme
Case study of what goes wrong , despite epic endeavour , when you shape strategy around target (100k) not the required strategic outcomes https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-the-inside-story-of-how-uks-chaotic-testing-regime-broke-all-the-rules-12022566">https://news.sky.com/story/cor...
Case study of what goes wrong , despite epic endeavour , when you shape strategy around target (100k) not the required strategic outcomes https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-the-inside-story-of-how-uks-chaotic-testing-regime-broke-all-the-rules-12022566">https://news.sky.com/story/cor...
What was needed from moment Govt moved out of Contain phase (12 March) was to build up Test and Trace Capability
Smart move would have been to use all the capacity ( labs and teams) distributed through the system
Errr......like Germany
Smart move would have been to use all the capacity ( labs and teams) distributed through the system
Errr......like Germany
Govt was in early March focused on avoiding Lombardy style scenes of Patients stacked up in hospital corridors (not overwhelming NHS), PPE supply and & #39;ramping up& #39; testing numbers
Hancock on return to work from Covid went with a Headline Grabbing big number - 100,000 tests a day by end of April .
Media focus became would he meet target . Not what was the required strategic outcome to enable effective national response : functional Test and Trace System
Media focus became would he meet target . Not what was the required strategic outcome to enable effective national response : functional Test and Trace System
Govt followed the Johnson/Cummings Playbook . Big Bang Idea . Centralised solution . Create new parallel system . Bring in commercial partners . Exclude all local capability from design and development
Heroic efforts followed along with manipulation of target and massaging of data . But all that effort baked in a flaw from the outset that we have been seeing exposed day after day in Leicester and elsewhere. The data wasn& #39;t being provided in useable quality to local teams
The local teams have been carrying out the lion& #39;s share of the the tracing . Around 70% . With the commercial Partner& #39;s -Serco- apparently twiddling their thumbs .
This is a failure of strategic planning and implementation on a truly epic scale .With tragic consequences
This is a failure of strategic planning and implementation on a truly epic scale .With tragic consequences
And make no mistake .The responsibility lies with the Ministers who were driving programme . Classic Johnson/Cummings . Setting the agenda through announcements . Not doing the gritty work of governing . Building and delivering a sustainable strategy
Government of Incompetents
Government of Incompetents
