[Margaret Pilkington]

While I have been retired from the NHS for a long time now, I can confirm that I have been in meetings allegedly to discuss government guidelines.....our discussions were irrelevant.
Just a paper exercise to make it look like there had been consultation with medical staff.

Exile, you are right....who pays the piper calls the tune....so the government hand down the rules....the administrators hand them down to the minions and the minions tick the boxes.
That is how it works.
So your comment is spot on.

We can post all the links, the articles, the science, but it does not seem to make much of an impact.
But, I find it interesting so keep posting these nuggets...I value them.