Department of Health and Social Care

Cabinet Office To Probe Contract With Deloitte To Draft Ministers' Answers On Test And Trace

Minister Julia Lopez vows to look into Labour claims that the government "appears to have outsourced itself".
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Dominic Cummings Says PPE 'Disaster' Left Health Department A 'Smoking Ruin'

Former Vote Leave boss urged parliament to take “urgent, very, very hard look into what went wrong" during Covid crisis.
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Meetings Held By Test And Trace's Dido Harding Kept Secret - On Cost Grounds

Exclusive: The Department of Health and Social Care said releasing the information would "exceed the appropriate cost limit" of £600.
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'No Clear Evidence' £22bn Test And Trace Spending Has Cut Covid Rates, Watchdog Says

Withering report by Commons Public Accounts Committee slams ministers for treating taxpayers ‘like cash machines’
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Nurses Slam Government's 'Pitiful' 1% Pay Rise Proposal For NHS Staff

The offer would reportedly amount to an extra £3.50 a week for an experienced nurse who has spent a year battling Covid.
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Secret Document Reveals Ministers Bet On Test And Trace To Stop Second Lockdown

Exclusive: Labour and Tory MPs call on government to come clean over confidential "business case" for £22bn service.
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All Travellers To The UK Will Have To Take Two Covid Tests During Quarantine

People isolating at home after travelling into Britain will be expected to get a test two and eight days into the 10-day period.
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Exclusive: Government Won’t Say If £1bn Of PPE Ever Reached The NHS

The information blackout has reignited anger over the government’s handling of supplies for the NHS.
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Over 1,300 People Were Wrongly Told They Had Covid Due To A Test And Trace Error

The Department of Health and Social Care blamed a laboratory error.
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UK Set To Hit 50,000 Covid-19 Deaths, Months After Being Told 20,000 Would Be 'Good Result'

More than 500 Covid-19 deaths were reported on Tuesday, the highest total since May.
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