Got up early again this morning to shop at Waitrose. I needed to get Peter a decent bottle of red and a card as it's his birthday. I parked the car and hobbled (early morning arthritic legs) across the carpark to the entrance. There was no queue. An officious chap in high viz labelled 'security' barred my way and said I had to go to the end of the building and follow the designated route to arrive where I was standing. I protested. He asked if I thought I was special. I laughed and when he wasn't looking dodged under the ropes and went into the store. Idiot!
On arrival at the allotments Sheila and I were aghast to find that we had been robbed! Three rose bushes (including Alfie's commemorative bush) and the two clematis were gone! Dug up with a fork taken from someone else's plot. No sign of them anywhere. Probably drunken louts. I told Sheila not to get too upset as we could replace them and I have ordered another 'Simply the Best' for Alfie.
Later I joined in a 'zoom' session for Peter's birthday. These occasions are a bit surreal as the links are a bit 'hit and miss' but we all had a laugh. We all provided quiz questions tonight but I think the alcohol got to most of us and the answers were rubbish.
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Care home providers are still having to secure their own supplies of personal protective equipment because a promised delivery system cannot get the volumes they need to them, industry insiders have warned.
The delivery system, contracted to Clipper Logistics at the end of March, was designed to ease the shortages in care homes as well as supply pharmacies and GPs.
Ministers warned last week that the national rollout for the system, which is being piloted, was still weeks away. Some of those involved in the pilot said it was only supplying a fraction of the PPE required. One care provider requiring more than 35,000 face masks a week said they had received only 400.
Other providers said they were trying to secure their own supplies, but were having to pay inflated prices, and were treating national supplies as a “last resort” that they could not rely on. Some said they had been warned that the distribution system was already struggling with supplies of masks.
The new online system is catering for about 1,400 providers. However, there are well over 50,000 primary, social care and community care providers across Britain. Liz Jones, policy director at the National Care Forum, said: “The issue is when it can be ramped up both in terms of the people registered to use it, and ordering the quantities they actually need. Providers have had to look at other avenues – and, in reality, pay a lot more.”
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Quote - Old age isn't for sissies. Bette Davies
Random Photo
This picture was taken at Moulin du Clout 2011 on the occasion of Peter's birthday. It is under the newly erected pergola and homemade bunting. We invited people from the village that we had made friends with and 3 of Peter's sisters came to stay. A lovely time.
TOT ZIENS! Keep Partying! Stay Positive!
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