What can we expect from tomorrow's announcement?

I had a hospital appointment today at a NW England NHS hospital. It was the only public place that I've been to recently where they didn't take your temperature as you entered the building. My dentist does. A local furniture shop does. My GP surgery does. But not the hospital. And the woman on the reception desk walked in and out of the reception area several times with her face mask under her nose.

Oh Dear Chewbacca. Is it worth writing to your MP and to the Hospital manager?

I did think of contacting Pals in the first instance and asking if they could explain why they weren't doing checks Iam64. Our MP is pretty useless.

It's all very worrying. I am awaiting a hospital appointment but our nearest large hospital has just announced that it has several patients with COVID on the wards.

Callistemon, I've just been referred to our local hospital. We have many covid patients. The age group is 40 65, so younger than during the high rates of admission in March. I read that Manchester hospitals have a number of young people, students some of whom are very ill.

Following on from my post 're my visit to my local hospital yesterday, I went to the dentist this afternoon (I'm having a lovely week not). On entering the dental surgery my temperature was taken and I was asked a lot of questions as to whether I'd had a cough etc. I was also asked to sanitise my hands, deposit my coat and bag in a plastic tub (which would be replaced for the next patient) and only then go into the dental surgery. I told the dentist how impressed I was at the precautions he'd put in place and that they were vastly superior to what I'd experienced at the hospital yesterday. By sheer coincidence, he had attended the same hospital yesterday too and he said that he had also been astounded at how little they had in the way of sanitisation, temperature checks and that the nurse who had called him into the department had her face mask on looped on one ear. I'm beginning to think that we have no chance of containing COVID if even health care professionals aren't taking it seriously.

Iam64 I think the worrying thing here is that they didn't go into hospital as COVID patients.

I am assured by my lovely GP that all should be fine and they will take my temperature at the clinic.
That's all very well, but should I take theirs?

Chewbacca I had a dental appointment two weeks ago and they took all the same precautions as yours did.Very reassuring.
Not so reassuring at clinics and hospitals by the sound of it though.

its very difficult, there are different opinions on solutions, Boris bashing is the norm , i actually feel sorry for the government , they cant do right for doing wrong, , who knows the best way to go , we are all groping in the dark really, who knows what the answer is

I actually think the government are doing a pretty good job in unchartered waters. They will never be able to change some human behaviour and have to put restrictions in accordingly. It is down to every individual person to do the right thing to stop the spread of the virus. The actions of some small minded people are ruining it for the majority. If anyone has better ideas to control this virus let them sit in Birtis's seat, not one I would want!

I understood that temperature taking was not effective as a means of gauging whether anyone had COVID or not and that is why it is not widely used.

In fact the government made a press release on 3rd July to this effect. I quote from the release

Many thermal cameras and temperature screening products were originally designed for non-medical purposes, such as for building or site security. Businesses and organisations need to know that using these products

These products should only be used in line with the manufacturer’s original intended use, and not to screen people for COVID-19 symptoms. They do not perform to the level required to accurately support a medical diagnosis.
www.gov.uk/government/news/dont-rely-on-temperature-screening-products-for-detection-of-coronavirus-covid-19-says-mhra

When I went for my flu jab my temperature was apparently 34C. I was just going to fetch my hat, gloves and muffler when the receptionist decided the battery needed changing.

My temperature has always been on the low side. It is genetic, my aunt and daughter also had/have a low temperature.

I had to have my temperature taken during a visit to the local Minor Injuries Clinic in May and the nurse thought the thermometer was faulty until I told her otherwise. I am not sure why it causes so much to do. In farenheit terms, where I think the norm is 98.4 my temperature is usually 97, lower by less than 10%.

Mine tends to be low but the receptionist looked quite startled at 34C.
It wasn't a true reading.

I had my temperature taken at an event last week. The woman doing it looked at the thermometer bleakly on the first go then tried again. After several tries she said "There's something wrong." The machine was saying "Lo", it needed new batteries. But I said "Oh I must be dead" Eventually we explained it to her and she went off to get new ones, meantime I just walked in.