Bad Blood

[Rich Tea Wellin]

Just gone to book a blood test and got this message.

Due to a national shortage of blood tubes, no new blood test appointments are being taken at this time. If your blood test is urgent, please contact your GP or hospital clinician.


Mind blowing. What's going on?

[Jack]

Just gone to book a blood test and got this message.

Due to a national shortage of blood tubes, no new blood test appointments are being taken at this time. If your blood test is urgent, please contact your GP or hospital clinician.


Mind blowing. What's going on?

Apparently there's a shortage of the glass bottles that the blood is taken into.
We are becoming a third world country before our very eyes

[BoniO]

Shortage of glass of all kinds. Try getting new windows.

[Rich Tea Wellin]

Why? Is it brexit or some other ineptitude? 3rd world is about right.

[Long slender neck]

Almost as if theres been some sort of international crisis like a pandemic or something.

[roffeys money]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58324108

[Rich Tea Wellin]

Almost as if theres been some sort of international crisis like a pandemic or something.

What’s that got to do with this?

[Rich Tea Wellin]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58324108

So basically, no one knows how it happened or why there isn’t a contingency plan?

CON + 6

[StillSpike]

I'm sure someone in the Cabinet will have a mate with zero experience in procuring these products and who can bid way over market rate. They'll get a contract that means they'll be paid regardless of whether their products are usable, and we'll all be another few billion out of pocket. And no, the mate won't come up with the goods, and we'll be in just as much a pickle.

[Long slender neck]

Almost as if theres been some sort of international crisis like a pandemic or something.

What’s that got to do with this?

Materials have been diverted, supply chains broken.

For instance, i have heard of shortage of computer chips because materials were needed for vaccines. And this shortage also knocked onto not enough computer chips for new cars.

[Dunners]

The supply chain shocks caused by the economic and trade disruption from Covid are really starting to take hold. There was also an entire major port in China that was shut down due to them trying to contain a covid outbreak. We have several major projects on hold due to material and labour shortages.

And, yes, Brexit will probably be a contributing factor too. Even if Brexit turns out to be a good thing in the longer term, it was also going cause some disruption. It probably would have been sensible to delay it for 2 years to gauge the impact of Covid, however it would not have been politically palatable.

[jamespevans]

The NHS only store 4 weeks supply of blood vials from Beckton Dickinson (based in the US). Reads a lot like the supermarkets 'just in time' approach to their products.

[Beradogs]

I have a stake in an online kitchen equipment company and can’t get the stuff out of the ports in China. No containers. Everyone in same boat and if you’re kids need toys for Xmas you might want to start looking now because come November, December prices are going up and stock down.

[Beradogs]

Oh. Re tubes. Dunno.

[Kimpon]

Just gone to book a blood test and got this message.

Due to a national shortage of blood tubes, no new blood test appointments are being taken at this time. If your blood test is urgent, please contact your GP or hospital clinician.


Mind blowing. What's going on?

Scaremongering? I had mine taken last Thursday at Langthorne Centre and had my results today. Said I’m very ‘Orient Red’ in on of the tests.

[slacker]

That reminds me: where’s the bloke voted funniest boarder 4 years running -back in the mists of Interweb time- Bleeds Red/Pridders these days: Another Twitter escapee?

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

I wonder if there are shortages in Europe and the rest of the world.......?

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

The shortage in England making news around the world.

https://www.thenorthatlanticleague.com/ ... -shortage/

[Clive Evans]

Waste of time thread. What the Hell do you expect when the people voted in a clown for PM.

[Dunners]

I wonder if there are shortages in Europe and the rest of the world.......?

Yes. Supply shortages in items such as timber for construction and semiconductor chips are affecting most of the world. However, we do have post-Brexit trade and labour disruption to contend with in addition to that.

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

Even if Brexit turns out to be a good thing in the longer term,

Relentless.

[Dunners]

Even if Brexit turns out to be a good thing in the longer term,

Relentless.

That's just my standard caveat to try and deflect the inevitable defensiveness from leave voters like yourself whenever any evidence of negative consequences to Brexit are pointed out.

[Kimpon]

Waste of time thread. What the Hell do you expect when the people voted in a clown for PM.

Because that is what Democracy is mate. If you don’t like Democracy go to Afghanistan?

[Ralphs Coate]

Brexit