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A key challenge presented by the Covid-19 pandemic is the accessibility of NHS dental services, particularly for those who have moved to a new area during the pandemic. The first lockdown, during which most dental services were closed down has resulted in an enormous backlog of patients needing dental treatment. Those who have not movedContinue reading “Signing up to a new dentist during Covid times”

COVID-19 pandemic caused many challenges by testing our patience as we lost many people in a terrible way , people die alone , as well as opportunities to all of us, The opportunities are : The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc in countries across the glob, causing a global health crisis and forcing economic toContinue reading “The Opportunities of the pandemic COVID-19”

UK has the lowest healthy life expectancy in Western Europe, and widespread obesity has been the “fuel” behind Covid-19 deaths. The pandemic has emphasised how detrimental to health having a high BMI can be. The policy paper of July 2020 ‘Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives’ is a great tool forContinue reading “Motivating the overweight to want to lose weight”

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Civil Service has seemed to gain a greater reliance on the use of contractors in lieu of Civil Servants. The use of contractors may allow for “quick wins” in getting people in posts, however the cost incurred to the taxpayer is much greater and as such is viewed as contentiousContinue reading “Use of contractors in the Civil Service”

Covid 19 has caused the biggest upheaval in our lives since World War 2. World War 2 caused people to think radically and enabled the full development of the Welfare State. We now need to re-design the Welfare State for a changed world. As a 75-year-old, the Welfare State has been there for me fromContinue reading “1945 revisited: time to re-think the Welfare State”

Due to limitations on air travel, many businesses that otherwise had the money to fly their staff around the world for non essential reasons opted to instead confine that interaction to the video conference room. In doing so, many realised that physically travelling between offices or to see clients is no longer always necessary allContinue reading “Air Travel has Fallen”

It’s evident the initial introduction of the pandemic struck fear into all hearts throughout the nation, thus leading to an abundance of individuals enticed to bulk buy, leading to shortages of essential products throughout extensive amounts of shops in the country. For example, the heart-breaking story of Dawn Bilbrough, a critical care nurse, demonstrated theContinue reading “The issue of self-serving accompanied by self-absorption.”

We have all learned to use use zoom and now we know that many of us don’t need to go to an office to work effectively. Freedom from commuting and the flexibility of working from home will make people resistant to returning to the old work paradigm. Employers have got used to managing a remoteContinue reading “Housing”

During lockdown the number of women affected by domestic violence has risen and the issue has received more prominence, highlighting the disparity in power between men and women. Women are often taken advantage of and may be pressured into sex they do not want and don’t fully consent to or women may consent to theContinue reading “Reducing disadvantage”

1. Covid-19 has shown Policy-making is detached from realities on the ground, the challenges posed by the operational delivery implementing those policies, the differences in the regions not taken into account by the one size fits all policies created in London. Priorities of policy-making reflect the London-centric nature of Government with all the lobbying powerContinue reading “Covid has shown how detached policy-making is from the realities on the ground.”