Stayed safe for two-and-a-half years. Sod it.
Just for good measure, Chris tested positive the same day.
Saturday 25th June, 2022
Weekly?
The number of people testing positive in the last latest seven days is increasing...
The number of deaths within 28 days of a positive test is increasing...
The number of hospital admissions in the last latest seven days is increasing...
So, obviously, the best thing to do, after hacking back the original daily updates to weekdays-only updates, is to hack it back even further:
I suppose it's entirely possible that if GOV.UK stopped publishing any updates, we might all think that the Covid threat has been defeated.
Tuesday 21st June, 2022
And now the gov.uk “Report a COVID-19 test result” website is playing up.
Looks like it's falling apart at the seams, just as the infection-rate is on the up.
Ho hum...
Booking Office multi-fail (no surprise there, then)
Sometimes I think that they do it just to get attention...
I attended Hambleton Suite clinic on 19th May for my Annual Review... full bloods, virology, Covid vaccine antibody response, height, weight, full valet, replace the wiper blades... you know the drill. Preliminary indications implied that all was well, so I left with an appointment to ATTEND on 9th June, when the full set of test results would be reviewed and discussed. Said appointment was written on my card and in their appointment book, and later on someone added the appointment to "the system".
But a week later I was feeling rough, so I called it in and they asked me to attend for a quick check-up. Nothing bad was found in the bloods, they said that I'd probably got some sort of minor virus infection, nothing more. They took the opportunity to run through the Annual Review test results, meaning that there was no longer any need for me to attend on 9th June, so that appointment was cancelled and another made for 6th July.
So far, so good. But then someone managed to cock it up...
On 2nd June I got a surprise text reminder from 07786 209254 (one of their system's text-based reminder services) for a TELEPHONE appointment... for the same time and day as the cancelled ATTEND appointment. As you can see, it took all of five minutes for me to cancel the already-cancelled appointment and for that to be both confirmed and spiced-up with a threat of discharge:
From that, you'd think that everything was back on track, but you'd be wrong.
On 7th June I received another text reminder, this time from NHS UHL (another one of their system's text-based reminder services), for the very same appointment that I'd re-cancelled only five days before via the other text service. NHS UHL texts don't permit replies, so I can't put them right:
It's yet another example of their dis-integrated system.
It's not often that I give up, but I have (arguably) better things to do than try to fix the unfixable.
I didn't bother with the re-cancelled appointment, and much to my disappointment they didn't carry out their threat to discharge me.
Monday 20th June, 2022
Sort yourself out, eBay!
Delivery on Tuesday 21st, or Wednesday 22nd, or Thursday 23rd?
Could be either, according to eBay.
Yes, I know that they're "estimated" dates, but FFS the least that eBay could do is get their two estimates to match!
Imagine having to book time off work to be at home to receive these items - a gaffer wouldn't be too chuffed if I asked for three days off to receive one delivery!
Tuesday 14th June, 2022
Quaver Nick
My good friend Nick, who I met on Ward 41 back in 2016, was given his "farewell dose" of morphine at his home this afternoon.
He'd won many battles against his illnesses for over a decade, before losing this last fight.
He was a big man with a big heart, always happy, and one of the kindest people I've ever met.
Our condolences go out to Graham, his husband, who was with him to the end and who let us know the sad news today.
