Britain outside the EU

[1andrew1]

There are global supply issues with blood test tubes but challenges at the UK border are not helping.

NHS blood test tube shortage: Doctors 'facing difficult choices'

There are currently global shortages of blood tube products and company Becton Dickinson - which makes vials for the health service - is among those facing serious supply chain issues.

Becton Dickinson said it had seen record demand for its blood collection tubes in recent months, partly driven by the need for tests for Covid patients. It also said it was facing issues transporting the tubes, for example, challenges at the UK border.

Because of the shortage, the NHS in England and Wales has told surgeries and hospitals to temporarily stop some blood testing - with patients told they will only be able to get tests if they are urgent.

The tests put on hold include those for fertility, allergies and pre-diabetes - and the shortage will likely worsen over the next few weeks and last until mid-September, NHS England said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-58374553

So … one single line in that entire report justifies you trying to make it a Brexit talking point? You’re properly obsessed.

[heero_yuy]

Originally Posted by Chris

So … one single line in that entire report justifies you trying to make it a Brexit talking point? You’re properly obsessed.

He's just bottom trawling the net for crumbs of comfort.

[mrmistoffelees]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth

A lot of chickens coming home to roost. Will all get sorted in the wash eventually. Wages will rise as companies compete for direct labour; prices will rise accordingly. All as in water finding its own level.

Which is fine so long as you’re not one of the many on benefits and perhaps end up further in either food or fuel poverty or both.

[Mad Max]

Originally Posted by Chris

So … one single line in that entire report justifies you trying to make it a Brexit talking point? You’re properly obsessed.

He is that.

[Pierre]

It’s heading towards an illness, time to get in the big chair and get it all off your chest ………and move forward as a constructive member of society

[mrmistoffelees]

Originally Posted by Chris

El Gov has clearly decided to make an example of the haulage industry.



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58364308

Looping back to this, there's an estimated eighty thousand current licensed & experienced drivers in the UK who currently are working in other careers. Which is pretty much enough to fill the shortage.

It can't be because of a lack of vacancies....
Pay is increasing to an extent, along with significant signing on bonues with certain companies

I wonder why they're not flocking in their droves back to the career in which they trained ?

[Carth]

Too much red tape and alterations to the working practice of HGV driving?

In the past I've done delivery jobs using a 7.5T van, used to enjoy it, but then you were suddenly required to have certificates for this that and the other, paid for by yourself of course, which made it not worth doing when there were other joba around that didn't try to hamstring you

[mrmistoffelees]

Originally Posted by Carth

Too much red tape and alterations to the working practice of HGV driving?

In the past I've done delivery jobs using a 7.5T van, used to enjoy it, but then you were suddenly required to have certificates for this that and the other, paid for by yourself of course, which made it not worth doing when there were other joba around that didn't try to hamstring you

I would think the above is a possibility, I think potentially higher up in the priority would be those who are engaged in the practice known as 'tramping' whereby drivers are away from home multiple days.

I've done my time travelling for work, and whilst enjoyable I'm glad it's no longer a consistent requirement.

Regardless, of the above we get to ask some interesting questions.

1. How do you entice existing licenced drivers who are currently in other fields of employment back into the profession?

2. How do you make the profession appealing to potential new hires?

3. If 1 & 2 cannot be achieved, how do we fill the gap until such time as self driving/automated HGV's become 'a thing' ?

[tweetiepooh]

Don't HGV drivers have to regularly drive to keep license active? There was article on BBC about FlyBe pilot who could go back to trucks because we worked as driver while doing pilot training so only had short time of not driving.

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

I would think the above is a possibility, I think potentially higher up in the priority would be those who are engaged in the practice known as 'tramping' whereby drivers are away from home multiple days.

I've done my time travelling for work, and whilst enjoyable I'm glad it's no longer a consistent requirement.

Regardless, of the above we get to ask some interesting questions.

1. How do you entice existing licenced drivers who are currently in other fields of employment back into the profession?

2. How do you make the profession appealing to potential new hires?

3. If 1 & 2 cannot be achieved, how do we fill the gap until such time as self driving/automated HGV's become 'a thing' ?

Free full English every day

[Carth]

Originally Posted by papa smurf

Free full English every day

Good call

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by Carth

Good call

Kippers for me. You can't get them in the EU.

[tweetiepooh]

Full South African breakfast is good too. Add some pap and a bit of steak.

[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by tweetiepooh

Full South African breakfast is good too. Add some pap and a bit of steak.

I had a full Australian in Sydney a good many years ago.
The waitress asked me what I thought of it. I replied fine except that the sausages had too much meat in them. Her retort was "Whinging POM".

Do you know - I don't remember a single breakfast I had during my year in South Africa?

In the EU, the best breakfast I can recall was a fresh "broedtchen" filled with raw pork and raw onions. "thüringer mett " it was called.