The bungling NHS Test and Trace system was hit by ‘huge IT problems’ in October that led to delays in squashing coronavirus outbreaks in care homes, it’s been claimed. Leaked NHS emails reveal an IT failure occurred in mid-October at a crucial point of the second wave of the pandemic, when infections were rising across … Read more
The Government’s Test and Trace hotline misses 25,000 calls every day with nearly half of people wanting a Covid-19 test going unanswered. Around 1.68million calls were made to the 119 service in September but only 56 per cent were picked up, according to figures obtained by the Labour Party. The statistics show that 44 per … Read more
Test and Trace boss Baroness Dido Harding claims it is ‘not my job’ to predict when the system will get overloaded and claims she didn’t foresee new school year crippling the struggling regime By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 13:36 GMT, 10 November 2020 | Updated: 13:37 GMT, 10 November 2020 England’s … Read more
The MP husband of Test and Trace chief Baroness Dido Harding has been told to self-isolate by the coronavirus app – though she has not been asked to. Tory MP John Penrose was alerted by the NHS Covid-19 app, part of the operation overseen by his wife. However, Baroness Harding has not received an alert … Read more
Scientist warns ‘lockdown will be a let down’ unless there is ‘radical reform’ of Test and Trace with contract tracing carried out locally Sir John Oldham made the claim after national tracing programme hit a new low Just 59.9% of close contacts of those testing positive were reached last week Bungling test and trace system … Read more
Britons are ignoring calls from test and trace and blocking its number because they are being bombarded, a contact tracer claimed today. When someone tests positive for the coronavirus they are asked to provide a list of their contacts – family, friends and colleagues they were near for at least 15 minutes – for the … Read more
England’s Test & Trace bungling system reached a smaller proportion of at-risk people than at any point since it started, official data revealed today. The contact-tracing programme, which phones, texts and emails people who have been close to someone who later tested positive for Covid-19, failed to get hold of 40 per cent of those … Read more
Test & Trace fails to reach 40% of at-risk contacts in another record-worst performance as bungling system continues to struggle Contact tracers failed to get hold of 40% of people who might have had Covid This was the worst performance since the system was set up in May Coincided with the programme’s busiest ever week … Read more
Dido Harding admits her under-performing NHS Test and Trace operation needs to take a ‘big leap forward’ to help the country get through the second lockdown but tells the CBI: ‘We will crack this’ Tory peer admitted the operation needed to get faster and better at using data She found time to take part in … Read more
Dido Harding admits her under-performing NHS Test and Trace operation needs to take a ‘big leap forward’ to help the country get through the second lockdown but tells the CBI: ‘We will crack this’ Tory peer admitted the operation needed to get faster and better at using data She found time to take part in … Read more