An on-line session with the Defence Select Committee (DSC) and two conference calls with local organisations dominated a day where demands for more testing become louder and louder. Health Secretary Matt Hancock appeared to say that the government is aiming to carry out 100,000 coronavirus tests a day in England by the end of April. He also announced a "five-pillar" testing plan. Currently, there are around 10,000 tests being carried out a day. One of Britain's most eminent scientists says the coronavirus crisis has "exposed that the country wasn't as well prepared as it should have been." Sir Paul Nurse was speaking as his leading research centre began helping to carry out coronavirus tests. Figures show that 569 more people have died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in the UK to 2921. Interestingly, Mr Hancock called on Premier League football players to do their bit and accept pay cuts. Using every technical knowledge that I have, I managed to log in to an on-line session with the DSC. It was a private session and we posed questions to the chairman of the Killowen Group, Dr Harlan Ullman, who is recognised internationally as a major, strategic thinker, advising both businesses and governments, and General James Jones, the US National Security Adviser between 2010 and 2011. There were some challenging technological difficulties during the session, but we managed to struggle through. It was certainly worth the effort and a fascinating listen. At 1645, I and my colleague Chris Loder, MP for W Dorset, dialled in to talk to Nick Johnson, the interim CEO of DCH and his chairman, Mark Addison. We heard they are moving Heaven and earth to prepare for a further spike in patients and have increased their occupancy capacity dramatically. Chris and I paid tribute to Nick and his team and asked him to pass on our gratitude and thanks to all staff. Having signed off, we were back on the line at another conference call at 1800, this time with the CCG. This was the first and it proved very helpful and informative. All the CEOs across Dorset participated, as did all the MPs and council leaders. Again, it was abundantly clear that everyone is doing all that they humanly can to help right across the spectrum. As someone wisely said, this is a marathon and not a sprint, and not everything is going to go right immediately.