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Part of our difficulty is that we have made easy savings over the years from picking the low-hanging fruit, but we are getting to the stage at which things are getting much more difficult.
NSS grew in prominence and scale as opposed to taking on brand-new activities. Having said that, it paused some activity in IT development and roll-out of other services that it is now picking up—I am sure that Carole Grant can talk about those.
People do not end up in intensive care the day that they get their first symptoms; they usually end up in intensive care three to four weeks after they get their first symptoms.
The 8 UCU currently has a campaign to get postgraduate researchers recognised as members of staff, enabling them to access the same benefits and protections of staff.
If Public Health Scotland is unable to get through to someone after several attempts and there is a reasonable suspicion around the person’s quarantining activity or the information provided, that information can be passed on to Police Scotland.