Just Google it, it's not hard. One of the first few results for [nhs using only public labs for pcr tests april] is this: https://theconversation.com/coronavir

Just Google it, it's not hard. One of the first few results for [nhs using only public labs for pcr tests april] is this: https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-four-issues-that-have-limited-testing-in-the-uk-136690 https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-four-issues-that-hav... "Part of the reason the UK has had difficulty in meeting the 100,000 tests daily goal was because of its focus on centralised testing centres. In contrast to the robust and wide-reaching testing programmes in Germany and South Korea, the UK government initially decided to centralise all of its laboratory testing in a few large hubs" And yes of course there's corruption and incompetence in government - in procurement as well as everything else. The fact that governments routinely fail to even write proper contracts to buy things should give pause for thought when considering how well they'd handle running the entire operation.