NHS Test and Trace

Self-Isolation Cut From Two Weeks To 10 Days

The rule change for "close contacts" means people are less likely to be quarantined over Christmas Day.
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Test And Trace Private Call Centre Staff Worked 1% Of Time But Got 100% Pay

NAO watchdog finds £720m of public money was blown on staff who had “little to do”.
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Covid Contacts To Be Spared Self-Isolation Under Daily Rapid Test Plan

"Game changer" proposal from Test and Trace service will cut quarantine from 14 days to zero.
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Test And Trace Hits Key Contact Tracing Target For First Time Since May

Under-fire service finally exceeds the 80% target that experts says is needed to make the system viable
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NHS Adviser Defends Mass Covid Testing Amid Fears Of ‘False Negatives’

Government figures from Liverpool showed the pilot scheme of rapid turnaround testing missed half of all cases.
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Test And Trace Finally Improves Contact Tracing Rate – By Giving Up Calling Children

Under-fire service abandons attempts to reach young people whose parents have already been spoken to.
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Tier 3 Areas May Not Get Mass Coronavirus Testing Until January

Community testing chief General Sir Gordon Messenger says the military-aided Liverpool scheme would be "undeliverable" for all areas in England.
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People On Lowest Incomes Unable To Get Self-Isolation Grants Due To 'Admin Error'

Boris Johnson's £500 grant is going to "almost no one" because those told to isolate by the NHS Test and Trace app are ineligible.
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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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Dido Harding Refuses To Apologise For Damage To NHS Brand Caused By Test And Trace

Tory peer also says it is “impossible” to say if she would ever apply for NHS chief executive job.
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