How to care for an ageing population in lockdown and going forward

Using local Facebook and WhatsApp groups each elderly /vulnerable person living alone with no support could be paired with a family or another person in their community who would take responsibility for their shopping together with a daily telephone catch up (could the phone companies fund this?). Or maybe for those with mobile phones anContinue reading “How to care for an ageing population in lockdown and going forward”

WelcoMe Back. WelcoMe provides a real solution available now and an increasingly viable for all.

WelcoMe was launched at the end of 2018 and is available now although as a small company with a minimal budget for large marketing drives few know about it. The solution is low cost but highly monetisable leading to real sustainability and opportunity for scale. As the only company in the world providing this service,Continue reading “WelcoMe Back. WelcoMe provides a real solution available now and an increasingly viable for all.”

Change Champions (Support for staff after COVID-19)

As discussed above, as the risk of the pandemic is controlled, organisations will face a challenge: there will be a continued need to provide support around remote working; however, the provision of this support will become more challenging because teams and staff will use this new way of working differently. The solution to this problemContinue reading “Change Champions (Support for staff after COVID-19)”

Provide a brief health check for all via the COVID-19 immunisation programme

EVERYONE in Britain will be invited to have the vaccine injection, plus a 2nd one some time in the future. I suggest that everyone should be invited to fill out a brief, tick-box style health check before immunisation, preferably online. Those who do not, or cannot, fill in the form online will be able toContinue reading “Provide a brief health check for all via the COVID-19 immunisation programme”

A time to remember all those who lost their lives to the virus

One of the saddest outcomes of the virus, has been the number of people who have not really had the opportunity for relatives and friends to say a final farewell to those who have passed away as a result of the virus. Many of the relatives are hoping to have memorial services and celebrations onceContinue reading “A time to remember all those who lost their lives to the virus”

The ineffectiveness of the prison system

Having just finished reading “A bit of a stretch ,by Chris Atkins ” my feeling that the current prison system is inadequate was confirmed. Appalling buildings ,chronic underfunding, lack of staff (who themselves are underpaid and undertrained),and little support after release leads to a high rate of reconviction. The system is not working . RecentlyContinue reading “The ineffectiveness of the prison system”

Climate change solution- solar panels on all new buildings

The world needs climate change to work. As a country we are committed to being more environmentally friendly by 2030. Why not introduce a law that ALL new buildings built in Britain have to have a certain percentage of solar panelling to get permission for build, this to include offices and factories. This would: .Continue reading “Climate change solution- solar panels on all new buildings”

Protection of customers from on-line banking fraud.

There is an increasing risk to customers using on-line banking. The problem can be identified from recent correspondence and press articles: Barclays Bank wrote to customers on 8 December 2020 with changes to their terms and conditions. Under ‘Protecting your money’ they rely on an industry code, the Contingent Reimbursement Model Code’ when dealing withContinue reading “Protection of customers from on-line banking fraud.”

One way to tackle the problem of obesity in our fight against Covid-19.

There be many reasons why a person is over-weight but I am aiming to tackle just one of those reasons – an unhealthy diet. I suggest that if people’s diet were more healthy then fewer people would be overweight, leading to two things. Firstly that fewer resources would be required to treat obesity and secondlyContinue reading “One way to tackle the problem of obesity in our fight against Covid-19.”

An Office for Administrative Responsibility

1. Summary 1.1 The establishment of a new statutory body known as the Office for Administrative Responsibility (OAR) which will support government in adhering to the highest standards of administration and, thereby, achieve improved implementation of policy. 2. Purpose 2.1This proposal is modelled on the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The OBR was established asContinue reading “An Office for Administrative Responsibility”