COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[mackenzie]

Can you tell me what there doing wrong so I can fool the system thanks in advance

Haha...that's a "no." ;-)
Seriously though, I'm at the end of my tether dealing with a hard core tiny minority who waste everyone's time when there are genuine people who have never claimed before

 

[mackenzie]

Now I’ve got visions of you lurking outside the job centre with a sniper rifle. Please tell me you work for the DSS.

DWP now, but yes

 

[NorthamptonBlue]

DWP now, but yes

Thanks for confirming. I’ll try to recall my email to PREVENT now.

 

[Craig]

It is a lot easier to criticise the decisions that have been made. Not quite as easy to make the decisions that need to be made tomorrow.

True,although I think Cheltenham and not having thousands still attending football was fairly obvious to most observers at the time.

 

[Bigg Bigg Blue]

None that’s peer reviewable.

Very good :)

 

[SWP's back]

I'm sick to bleeding death of people trying to make fraudulent claims in the welfare system. The numbers have increased and they have jumped on the bandwagon since the lockdown.
They are easy to spot for anyone with a trained eye, as they usually follow a similar pattern.
I want to effin scream when I have to waste my time on them.
Rant over.

Ah. You received my mother’s Funeral Payment claim then?

 

[Manc in London]

The stats lady seemed to indicate that 9 in 10 directly related COVID-19 deaths occured in hospital. We shall find out tomorrow from the ONS weekly deaths report I guess

I would think she, or someone high up in govt, would be able to access the stats before publication, or at least an indication.

 

[lancs blue]

The stats lady seemed to indicate that 9 in 10 directly related COVID-19 deaths occured in hospital. We shall find out tomorrow from the ONS weekly deaths report I guess

That was correct on the ONS weekly stats up to w/ending 3rd April, as you say tomorrow's ONS stats will be interesting as it will include the current peak date for deaths, 8th April.

 

[Nellies left peg]

Ah. You received my mother’s Funeral Payment claim then?

Yes four times in 2 years seems a bit excessive

 

[mackenzie]

Ah. You received my mother’s Funeral Payment claim then?

Your mum has died??

See? I have to take you at face value unless I suspect anything different.

 

[SWP's back]

Your mum has died??

See? I have to take you at face value unless I suspect anything different.

Ha noooo! Sorry that’s awful. I meant her claim. Was trying to be lighthearted.

 

[BlueAnorak]

I would think she, or someone high up in govt, would be able to access the stats before publication, or at least an indication.

That's why I raised the point. Surely she would have seen the ONS report by now and would know the figures? I guess we will find out tomorrow.

 

[mackenzie]

Ha noooo! Sorry that’s awful. I meant her claim. Was trying to be lighthearted.

I knew this ;-)
Hahaha

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Your mum has died??

See? I have to take you at face value unless I suspect anything different.

These futures traders never get a day off.

 

[mackenzie]

These futures traders never get a day off.

Time wasting twats the lot of them ;-)

 

[lancs blue]

Haha...that's a "no." ;-)
Seriously though, I'm at the end of my tether dealing with a hard core tiny minority who waste everyone's time when there are genuine people who have never claimed before

As a first time UC claimant I've been quite impressed with the claim process so far, the phone interview was painless and I'm due to find out how much I get on Thursday.

If it's not much I may come back to you with a rant. ;-)

 

[mackenzie]

As a first time UC claimant I've been quite impressed with the claim process so far, the phone interview was painless and I'm due to find out how much I get on Thursday.

If it's not much I may come back to you with a rant. ;-)

Glad to hear that it's been a smooth process for you. That's all any of the staff want.
If it's not enough then I'm sorry. Blame Boris etc ;-)
We have only 30 percent of staff in at our office at the moment, but we are trying to clear as many as possible.

 

[kaz7]

NHS England announced another 449 deaths in hospitals in England, taking the country's overall number of fatalities to 14,829.

Scotland saw a further 12 deaths, Wales nine and Northern Ireland thirteen

483

Dept of health

 

[inbetween]

NHS England announced another 449 deaths in hospitals in England, taking the country's overall number of fatalities to 14,829.

Scotland saw a further 12 deaths, Wales nine and Northern Ireland thirteen

483 in total

Dept of health

Obviously it isn't good news but it's getting better daily.

It needs to be remembered these figures are from 2 weeks ago so it seems the peak has passed.

It's also worth noting that we still haven't tested 1% of the population in total since this all began.

 

[quiet_riot]

BBC released 14 weeks' worth of lessons for kids today. So I suspect all those parents sick of their kids and praying for schools to reopen will be disappointed :)