Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has claimed Britain’s Covid crisis would’ve been a ‘heck of a lot worse’ without the Government’s extortionate contact tracing scheme. Mr Shapps attempted to defend the £22billion Test and Trace programme after a damning cross-party report found it had ‘no measurable effect’ on the epidemic. The Commons Public Accounts Committee said there … Read more
There is ‘no clear evidence’ Britain’s £22 billion Test and Trace scheme contributed to a reduction in coronavirus infection levels, a cross-party group of MPs have said. On Wednesday, the British parliament’s Public Accounts Committee decried the ‘unimaginable’ costs of the programme, saying the system has not yet proven its worth as there is little evidence of … Read more
The retired GP who called from NHS Test and Trace had a reassuringly old-fashioned voice. He was hundreds of miles away in another part of England but his bedside manner was soothing and clearly honed in a bygone age. Perhaps my Covid-induced fever was at work but it was easy to imagine him dressed in … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has admitted it did not perform contact tracing on flights that some of the earliest patients with the UK and Brazil coronavirus variants were on. In one weekly report, the federal health agency discussed a patient who traveled to the UK and came back infected with the … Read more
Test and Trace is missing a third of people who may be infected with coronavirus in parts of England, according to official data which highlights a disparity in the £22billion programme. Statistics released by the Department of Health show a North-South divide has emerged in the success of the scheme, which experts say is crucial … Read more
Serco fights back over Test & Trace farce: Boss Rupert Soamesdefends plans to pay dividend claiming firm has been ‘demonised’ By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:52 GMT, 25 February 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 25 February 2021 Serco’s boss launched a vigorous defence of the NHS Test & Trace system as the … Read more
Serco is not among Britain’s best-loved companies, in spite of the mammoth effort by Rupert Soames to restore its standing. The outsourcer’s reputation was badly scorched in 2019 when it paid £23million to the Serious Fraud Office as part settlement over cheating on its electronic tagging contracts. For all its faults, though, it does not … Read more
Nearly 4,000 Amazon staff were incorrectly told they had Covid with many sent home to self-isolate after £22bn ‘world beating’ NHS Test and Trace system sent them WRONG alert Amazon uses PCR tests on staff at work as part of its own private scheme Staff told by firm they tested negative before Amazon passed data … Read more
Mother-of-six who claims she was sent another woman’s Covid test result by NHS Test and Trace which contained her name and date of birth says data breach is ‘extremely worrying’ Claire Hyman got 2 texts from NHS with another woman’s name, DOB and result Says she was reluctant to get her own test due to … Read more
Love Island stars have been pictured jetting off to sun-soaked locations months after taking taxpayers’ cash to promote NHS Test and Trace – as a top health chief warned earlier this week that the system isn’t working. While millions of Britons live under stay-at-home orders, influencers such as Shaughna Phillips and Josh Denzel have both … Read more