RE: PCR22 Sep 2021 04:32
@Exe after the dispute started, labs were hung out to dry, they had no promate and were desperate.
Testing volumes throughout the year haven't decreased, in fact quite the opposite and they have the Q machines that they couldn't use due to the lack of kits.
It had become a vital resource to increase capacity.
After that debacle, prudent labs with a lot more common sense than DHSC, now order sufficient supplies so they have about a months supply in reserve.
This is what annoys me, all this stupid wrangling is directly impacting on service delivery at the coal face, which, in turn impacts on service delivery and thus patient care.
I'm still personally convinced that the dispute all hangs on the original kits that were supplied (not promate)
These were approved as fit for purpose by DHSC and novacyt kept their side of the deal and provided all of the ordered kits.
Once these kits were dispatched, busy microbiology labs couldn't use them effectively as they had a convoluted, very involved and precise methodology to just prep the kits. Pipetting 1uL of anything is extremely difficult to do in a high pressure environment. To novacyts credit, they were informed of the issue, despite it being approved as fit for purpose by DHSC. Hence Promate was developed in an incredibly short time frame.
This was dispatched and worked exceptionally well and the Q machines were then put into routine work and added invaluable extra capacity.
The initial Exsig and Genesig kits originally supplied were subsequently returned to Novacyt. This is where things get sticky. I suspect that DHSC didn't want to pay again for the new Promate kits, despite the fact that the original kits were signed off as being fit for purpose.
Additionally, phase 2 was supposed to supply community testing to both increase capacity and reduce some of the pressure on busy hospital labs.
Novacyt, will have tooled up to meet this demand spending and incurred significant costs to meet this anticipated development.
Then our useless government decided that these were no longer required and didn't follow through on phase 2.
One needs to bear in mind what the situation was at this time wrt to Covid.
In my opinion Novacyt has gone above and beyond to help alleviate the pressures that the country faced at that time, they have operated with compete integrity and shown what their core values are and a genuine willingness to help.
They have now been shat on from a great height, and left holding the baby.
I would be livid if I were GM, they pulled their finger out and delivered when the UK needed them only to be let down.
The original contract is ambiguous in a few areas, which isn't helping.
In my honest opinion Novacyt have behaved with integrity and delivered when called upon.
DHSC/government haven't, they have shown themselves to be the exact opposite.
They called out for help at the beginning of the pandemic and companies responded admirably.
They are now trying to weasel out of payin
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