>> Tell us one thing about the world that you strongly believe is true, but that most people think is not true. If this belief shapes the way you live, tell us how.
I'm curious to know the variety of answers we can get from that question. What's your take on that ?
This may appear as off-topic compared to other questions here. I am interested to know what software you use as part of your daily work. So, what software do you use and what piece of software is missing for attorneys ?
Unfortunately, I'm probably the last person to ask because I'm not very technical and (so I'm told) I'm a "non-adapter." There are lots of case management and processing software options out there and they're all pretty good and about the same.
I think the initiative is laudable.
We know that on a regular Friday or Saturday night, the NHS is already struggling with waiting time up to 4 hours in hospitals and low bed capacity. Mass COVID-19 infections would certainly cripple the NHS in no time.
Yet, the problem is how do we ensure that those 250K volunteers do not become carriers of COVID-19 ?
For people outside England who are wondering what the 4 hour thing is about: (all of this is before covid-19, which is having a devastating effect on A&E)
The NHS has a waiting time target in emergency departments where 95% of patients are seen, transferred or discharged in under 4 hours.
For some time that target has not been met. In many places it was down to just 85% of patients being seen, transferred or discharged within 4 hours.
A while ago we were comfortable with that because we know a bunch of people who shouldn't be at A&E turn up there, and it's safe for them to wait.
But more recently we've seen that people who should be waiting, people at risk of harm, have had to wait longer.
> the NHS is already struggling with waiting time up to 4 hours in hospitals
Interestingly, my local hospital emailed today and said that "Emergency Department attendance figures have fallen by 130 cases per day, or around 40% as a result of this crisis"
A friend made the surprising point to me that a hugely helpful element of quarantine is reducing traumatic injury across the board -- dramatic reduction in DUIs, car accidents, construction accidents, things that take beds in the ER.
Yeah, I’ve noticed this to a degree, if it’s because people are scared to go to hospital and catch it, which is a reasonable risk. Hospital caught COVID infections are confirmed and hospital acquired infections in general are pretty common.
Not surprising at this stage. In the aftermath of the pandemic, it would be more interesting to see how exactly self isolation, the curb on social gatherings or nosocomephobia have impacted hospital attendance.
It doesn’t seem like their roles would be replacing any workers in hospitals etc. This is a call to mobilize the last miles between people at home and pharmacies?
