The Times is adding to the criticism of the government for inaction over Exercise Cygnus
Seems to me the report also took aim at NHS beaurocrats on salaries way in excess of anyone in government. The professionals have the duty of care to a far greater extent than government, If they saw deficiencies where are they highlighted? If they did not why are they still employed. Their procurement is similar to the MOD and we all know how flawed that is. The one thing the NHS requires is adaquate oversight, especially among the locusts of administrators.
It is very easy to take a pop at government. The NHS is a vast inefficient overstaffed monolith not fit for purpose. The front line staff are lions led by donkeys. Even some Labour members reluctantly admit the NHS is unfit for purpose and constantly throwing money at it does not root out the underlying problems.
We are told there was a shortage of ventilators. Now we are told that perhaps ventilators do more harm than good. 66% of those placed on ventilators die. It is far too early to start the blame game. The need is to find a way out of lockdown before the cure kills more than the virus. Half the UK trucking fleet is parked up. My local supermarket has gaps on the shelves. Is this because the foodstuffs are not being produced or stuck in a bottleneck, or both. This needs addressing pdq in my view.