After a v brief flirt with #Newsnight about NHS Test & Trace.
The few points I'd make:
-Cases rising in England wk by wk
-Contact tracing is hard, but can def be better, incl. with real-time data sharing b/w T&T, PHE, and local gov.
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The few points I'd make:
-Cases rising in England wk by wk
-Contact tracing is hard, but can def be better, incl. with real-time data sharing b/w T&T, PHE, and local gov.
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-PHE health protection teams & local gov have been working together to effectively and efficiently manage disease outbreaks for years. They just need to the data and resources to get on with it. Getting rid of PHE is not part of the solution.
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-Those who NHS T&T struggle to reach may be more likely to be those w/o phones or the internet: more deprived, more elderly, more vulnerable.
These are the very people local gov public health teams work hardest to reach.
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These are the very people local gov public health teams work hardest to reach.
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