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When we investigate something, we do not just take witness statements; we look at online activity, seize phones and look at communications between breeders and buyers—we have seen a lot of that with fertility clinics.
I can demonstrate how severe the issue is. I launched an online survey on Monday and, within 24 hours, I got 200 responses—it is a big issue at the moment.
The pandemic has shown us that some of those adjustments have been hugely beneficial for our students, such as access to online learning, access to open-book exams and more flexibility and choice embedded in their degree.
That is all in the mix. If no new projects are coming online, because of the issues and challenges that we face, we cannot have our members going into schools, colleges and all the other places where we can get really good talent.
We usually have quite a turnover every year, but that has not been the case since Covid, because the allotment gave people a place to go. Would any of the online witnesses like come in at this point?
It is an ambition of ours to have that available in a way that is easy to find and understand for both the patient and the healthcare professional. When do you expect that to be online? We intend to publish that data in late summer, but we will have to add to it.
Everyone aged over 18 can now book their booster through the online portal; our aim is that everyone who is eligible will be able to book an appointment by 31 December.