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Data is here: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/healthcare
Total hospital admissions as at 14 Jun 2021 is 468,049, which does indeed represent about 0.7% of the total population.
I would imagine that the vast majority of those have been adults, so obviously the %age of the adult population hospitalised will be even higher.
160-odd in my SIPP. Also have a smaller amount in my ISA around 200 (badly timed buys there - suppose now might be a good time to average down but I think I have reached the limits of how much I am prepared to risk).
It is my understanding that approval for Covid would greatly reduce the bar for SNG's approval for other conditions. In that respect the "Covid angle" has certainly helped to compress the timescales but it is not the whole story.
Phase 3 results don't need to be better than 79% to be "better". Even if a bit down on 79%, good results in the context of the larger sample size would in many ways put us in a more solid position than where we are now.
Another HL user here. The web site and phone app are pretty solid and easy to use. In the past I have transferred in various AVC and money purchase bits and pieces and it all went smoothly. I've heard that they can be a bit more expensive than some other providers but the HL SIPP is also my current company pension so I don't have a lot of choice at the moment.
Zwartkops, I guess that was directed at me? To answer, because someone was asking and I thought I'd share my thinking. I wasn't intending to be controversial or anything - it seemed pretty logical to me. I know I haven't posted on here before but I've lurked for a long time. I suppose the question just struck a chord with the questions I have been wresting with in my own mind recently.
I'm working on the assumption that I've lost my investment if P3 fails and that has played into how much I have been willing to put into it. I have invested a small percentage of my pension portfolio. It's been tempting to add more, given the potential, but I can't afford to lose too much.