the health and social care committee proposes a new system for evaluation the government's performanceson health and social care talking to me intense criticism of all aspects of the code that 90 percent of the street hear from a risk expert shortly. britain's former pensions secretary calls for these. crapping all the bricks it would all agree with despite having voted it through part of last year i'll be joined by a bricks of expert. we go to work so you can stay home. and i'll show small seemed wrong why don't we all just don't all. get to shape our disdain for the conflict educate and in gains from an equals betrayal. when some many find themselves worlds apart when she's to look for common ground. to. come close. a local lockdown has been imposed in aberdeen after 54 cases of code 19 have been confirmed pubs and restaurants in the city will have to close before 5 pm under the reimpose restrictions residents are no longer allowed to travel more than 5 miles from leisure or visit another household the measures are said to be reviewed in a week's time well that says the british govern

and the transmission. >> that was the science committee. mps on the health and social careommittee were asking similar questions. >> when it comes to the timing of the lockdown, are you content that the government follows your the stage inms of different elements of the lockdown? i am concerned. what you are trying to do is run a very complicated time as a jump on questions. a yest trying to give you or no answer to that. >> it's not an unreasonable question to ask is the government constantly said they were following the signs. and asking you, on that cruise of -- crucial question of the timing of the lockdown, where they following -- were they following your advice? time whonisters at the were put in incredibly difficult situations followed the advice that were through the minutes at a delay that was law of what you would reasonably except. >> by july, they admitted that things could have gone better. >> the uk's response to the pandemic was not the most in the world. so, in your role have you begun to think about what this might be? >> yes, we think about that a lot. cle

were introduced on june 8th to protect public health and help avoid a 2nd peak that would overwhelm the n.h.s. it comes as the health and social care committee has published a report on government accountability it proposes a pilot system which would evaluate performance on aspects of health policy designed to hold the government to pledges and targets the 1st such endeavor will aim to evaluate the progress of maternity services or risk in disaster prevention expert david alexander thinks this approach does contain weaknesses. i'm all in favor of outing governments accountable but in fact governments have a tendency to exaggerate their commitments anyway and i rather doubt whether the rating system will care about trade but we do need more transparency do we not absolutely but this may not be the way to do it or perhaps could there be a chance of it being effective. i think there are several weaknesses in this approach wonderful who says that it's already being done by another government privy to reaches the committee on standards in public life and you can dance on the way up and look at their website to know you have a great part where pro

and then, in terms of its transmission, where warranted. certainly had we introduced it earlier, we would have seen many fewer deaths. that was the science committee. mps on the health and social carequestions. so when it comes to the timing of the lock down, are you content that the government followed your advice in terms of the staging of different elements of the lockdown? i am content and so what you are trying to do is run a very comp period. as a veryjumped on question. there is no straight answer to that and i am not trying to give you a yes or no answer to that. it's not an unreasonable question to ask because the government said they we re ask because the government said they were following the science, so i'm asking you on the crucial question, we re asking you on the crucial question, were they following your advice? i am confident, the ministers at the time, in my view, followed the advice, given, by sage, which were clearly signposted through the minutes, with a delay that was no more than you would reasonably expect for what are really difficult things to operationalised. byjuly, patrick vallance admitted things could have gone better. the uk's response to the pandem

and its lethality, were warranted, i wouldn't second—guess them at this point, certainly had we introduced them earlier, we would have seen many fewer deaths. that was the science committee. mps on the health and social caree timing of the lockdown, are you content that the government followed your advice in terms of the staging of different elements of the lockdown? i am content, and so, what you're trying to do is run a very complicated period as a kind ofjumped on question about this. there's no straight answer to that, and i'm not trying to give you a yes or no answer to that. it's not an unreasonable question. crosstalk. sorry, i'm just going to interrupt you, it's not an unreasonable question to ask, because the government constantly said they were following the science. and so i'm just asking you, on that crucial question of the timing of the lockdown, were they following your advice? so, i am confident that the ministers at the time, who were put in an incredibly difficult position, in my view, followed the advice given by sage, which are clearly signposted through the minutes of sage, with a delay that was no more than you would reasonably expect for what are really difficult things to operationa

and then, in terms of its transmission, where warranted. certainly had we introduced it earlier, we would have seen many fewer deaths. that was the science committee. mps on the health and social cares. so when it comes to the timing of the lock down, are you content that the government followed your advice in terms of the staging of different elements of the lockdown? i am content and so what you are trying to do is runa what you are trying to do is run a very what you are trying to do is run a very comp period. as a veryjumped run a very comp period. as a very jumped on question. run a very comp period. as a veryjumped on question. there is no straight answer to that andi is no straight answer to that and i am not trying to give you and i am not trying to give you a yes or no answer to that. the common constantly and said they we re common constantly and said they were following a —— —— the government constantly said they we re government constantly said they were following the side so on the crucial question of the lockdown, where they following your science? i am confident, the ministers at the time, in my view, followed the advice, given, by sage, which were clearly signposted

and its lethality, were warranted, i wouldn't second—guess them at this point, certainly had we introduced them earlier, we would have seen many fewer deaths. that was the science committee. mps on the health and social carethe lockdown, are you content that the government followed your advice in terms of the staging of different elements of the lockdown? i am content, and so, what you're trying to do is run a very complicated period as a kind ofjumped on question about this. there's no straight answer to that, and i'm not trying to give you a yes or no answer to that. it's not an unreasonable question. crosstalk. sorry, i'm just going to interrupt you, it's not an unreasonable question to ask, because the government constantly said they were following the science. and so i'm just asking you, on that crucial question of the timing of the lockdown, were they following your advice? so, i am confident that the ministers at the time, who were put in an incredibly difficult position, in my view, followed the advice given by sage, which are clearly signposted through the minutes of sage, with a delay that was no more than you would reasonably expect for what are really difficult things to operationalise and dec

and they knew it they knew what what came out of this public accounts committee hearing as is the public health england and therefore. well those executives in the department of health health and social care. they knew that all these elderly people and people with disabilities and people in care homes well people were at risk if they were left if they weren't in hospital but still they dumped them they threw them out of hospital. and you know we. one doesn't want to add to the. to the a stereo or about this and i'm not trying to do that but i think there's something very grave and disturbing disquieting about all of this that so many people so many vulnerable elderly disabled people were thrown out of hospital and didn't get the care in care homes and many of them died on their own but that's a national shame he was going to watch your latest film the dirty war on the n.h.s. of course i would say public health england and the bar us john soon as government completely refuted they deliberately sent thousands tens of thousands of people to their deaths because of that cat home policy. now as you as you imply doctors and surgeons as you refer to are warning that many tens of thousands will b

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