As I have mentioned in past posts, median tenure of American workers has been less than 5 years for the…
Couldn't agree with you more, Henry. The unthinking suggestion that the need to improve the adequacy of retirement income results…
At the EPFIF Trustee Circle last week, a speaker from a leading investment manager talked about the "gamblification" of the…
I've got six old workplace pots scattered around and honestly the admin of merging them has put me off for…
Tag Archives: NHS
A year of staying safe – statistics show how we survived 2020 (and will 2021)
The latest statistics from the CMI show that were it not for COVID – 2020 would have been the year of “staying alive” The CMI judge that we have now surpassed 100,000 excess deaths in the pandemic. Their quote explains … Continue reading
Government says “NO” to pension reform at the NHS.
“No” is a very short word. The Government has decided to say “no” to calls for further reform of the Annual and Lifetime Allowance as they impact the NHS pension scheme. “No” is a short word but this is a … Continue reading
The NHS is at peak capacity – read the data on ICUs and staffing
This excellent thread is required reading, read to the tenth and final tweet to understand the threat to the NHS and patients, from misinformation. Sitrep: situation report. This is what we call our daily briefings right now. Here’s mine. We … Continue reading
I’ve tested positive but feel fine
I got my positive test after I went to bed and I am now getting a stream of SMS and emails telling me to stay put. It’s a surprise as it’s been three days since I did my test and … Continue reading
What it’s like to be in hospital right now.
From Sunday to Tuesday this week , I was in the Cancer Center adjacent to Guys Hospital having work on my bowels under general anesthetic. My surgery was “elective” rather than “emergency”. I had had emergency surgery for the problem … Continue reading
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Tagged BUPA, Guys and St Thomas, HCA, Mr Nair, NHS, Shard Medical Centre, Wesley's chapel
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A clap (not a slap) for the NHS
At 5pm yesterday I was clapping the NHS in hospital , shortly having received keyhole surgery. I have had good grounds for thanking the NHS over the past twelve months. As I lay in bed last night I could … Continue reading
Eu-clidding us? Mathematical BS from BJ
Boris Johnson is a classicist, but he’s not a mathematician. When Boris’ spin doctors decided to formulate the Covid-19 risk rate – this is what they came up with. To the delight of genuine mathematicians who were able to display … Continue reading
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Tagged Euclid, Euclid of Alexandra, Euclid of megara, Imperfect Scoratic, NHS
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Why we’ve failed to build a national care service
Sage seem to consider the major problem in care homes the impact it is having on the R number. At least that is how it is being reported. Sage member Professor John Edmunds told the FT Covid-19 infections in hospitals … Continue reading
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Tagged CARE, Care Homes, Covid-19, long term care, NHS, Social care
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Covid-19 – interpreting the deaths data
Hospital deaths – Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England Data for the total number of positive tests for and deaths with COVID-19 in the UK (that is, individuals hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for COVID-19) … Continue reading
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Tagged Actuaires, Covid-19, COVID19, Death, Department of Health, NHS, Social care
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Should we have a national wealth service?
This article was composed for TC News on the day after the Government closed down the pubs, restaurants cinemas and theatres. It’s a day after the Treasury announced that it would subsidise the wages of those ‘furloughed” by their … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, MAPS, national wealth service, NHS, NWS, pensions
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When a youngster in our extended family emigrated he consolidated his DC pensions into just two - easy enough to…