UK COVID-19 Inquiry|10 Oct 2024

Matt Stringer. Chief Executive of Royal National Institute of Blind People ("RNIB") and Disability Charities Consortium (DCC).

NB: I could find no mainstream or ‘alternative' media articles of this important testimony.

Introduction

Matt Stringer is the Chief Executive Officer at the Royal National Institute of Blind People ("RNIB") and was authorised by the Disability Charities Consortium (DCC) to make this statement on the experiences of disabled people during the ‘pandemic’ in accessing healthcare systems across the four nations of the UK. The contents of this statement represent the collective experience of DCC members.

Catastrophic lockdown impacts on healthcare provision for disabled people

Disabled people were clearly crushed by the lockdown restrictions and incessant media fear mongering.

• 23% reduction in eye tests

• 28% reduction in opthamaology

• 60% put off seeking medical advice altogether

‘‘We’ve seen a MASSIVE fall off in the number of people who were actively undergoing their routine health appointments.’’

‘‘235,000 necessary eye surgeries were missed or delayed in 2020.’’

There is yet more shocking data NOT spoken about by Mr.Stringer at inquiry. See from paragraph 26 of statement.

• 53 per cent of people with complex disabilities told Sense that their health had

  been negatively affected and 48 per cent had medical treatments delayed.

• Scope research found that 63 per cent of disabled adults were concerned (in

  May 2020) that they wouldn't be able to access hospital treatment if they

  became ill with Covid-19.

• A poll of 1,207 working age disabled adults found a third (32% felt their physical and mental health was negatively impacted. This rose to 50% in those with chronic health conditions.

• Half (49%) of repsondents reported negative mental health.

‘‘Specsavers' 'The State of the UK's Eye Health 2021' report estimated that 2,986 people LOST VISION due to delays in the identification and treatment of eye disease. ‘‘

DNACPR

As we’ve heard repeatedly at the Scottish COVID inquiry…

1-‘‘DNACPR notices were being issued in a blanket fashion to FIT AND HEALTHY disabled people of working age.’’

2-’’Often without consultation.’’

3-’’They were instances of DNACPR notices being confused with DO NOT TREAT notices.’’

Misue of DNACPR notices is STILL an ongoing issue for disabled people in the UK in 2024.

‘‘We still think there is a lingering problem with DNACPRs still being attatched to people's records.’’

Within Mr.Stringer’s statement it reads:

‘‘DNACPRs (Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation notices) were issued in a`blanket' fashion across care settings for (working age) disabled people. Even where DNACPRs were used individually, the patient and/or their family were not consulted in advance..

…as the law requires.’’

Are those in public health above the law?

FORCED masking

Another statement paragraph not mentioned during the session.

‘‘NAS heard of instances of autistic people being FORCED to wear a mask to be allowed into healthcare settings, like hospitals or GP surgeries, or being barred from entry.’’

Final statement comments

Discrimination against the most vulnerable, who ‘co-incidentally’ had the highest mortality risk from ‘COVID.’

‘‘Disabled people were treated as an afterthought during the pandemic.’’

Thoughts

I still don’t think most people grasp the scale of damage lockdown policies and media propaganda have inflicted upon nations. It’s also clear to me the UK COVID inquiry is on strict damage limitation orders in revealling the people that died the most ‘involving COVID’ were placed under the most pressure from lockdown ‘public health’ policies now ADMITTEDLY with FATAL consequences.

‘‘A lack of adjustments to care even in NORMAL times can have FATAL consequences for people with a learning disability.’’

‘‘Unfortunately the support i have witnessed in hospitals falls even short of basic nursing care.’’

-Comment from NHS nurse…

‘‘The lack of provision for people with learning disabilites could be FATAL…would you agree there is a link between the lack of services in terms of the mortailty statistics?’’

‘‘Yes, potentially…as services disappeared…that’s a fair link.’’

-Matt Stringer

All of harms justified in the name of ‘COVID’ or the ‘pandemic.’

End

Links:

Video-Youtube- UK Covid 19 Inquiry - Module 3 Hearing - 10 October 2024 AM

Full statement: https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/10160208/INQ000235594.pdf