Thread by @profchrisham

take home points from yesterday' session with @CommonsSTC @CommonsHealth led by @GregClarkMP @Jeremy_Hunt

my evidence and that of others underlined need for contact tracing to be led locally and for councils to have the resources to do this effectively @Jeanelleuk

@BWDDPH gave a compelling and detailed account of how he and colleagues are doing this and achieving high levels of success in reaching contacts

@didoharding defended use of consultants and private sector and argued that she was developing a team of teams to deliver TT&I involving 'all the talents'

@didoharding agreed there should be local leadership of contact tracing with councils working with PHE and national teams citing work of @tomriordan @CWilkinsOldham in her team in enabling this

@didoharding highlighted huge expansion of testing capacity as a success and said aim was to use c 70% of available capacity (500K plus tests) each day

@didoharding said spike in demand for tests early in September could not have been foreseen and was rightly challenged by MPs on this

@didoharding disagreed with @Jeremy_Hunt that tracing was reaching only 3% of contacts and also claimed c.50% of people were complying with isolating - a much higher figure than in other surveys

John Bell argued that isolating should be made easier through frequent and rapid testing and giving people a three month passport as reward when they did isolate - we need more carrots and fewer sticks

@didoharding and others argued that financial support for people isolating was key and a matter for the govt to decide and @BWDDPH said this was important in his area for people in insecure and low paid jobs

@didoharding argued that TT&I was the second line of defence against C-19. Community support for social distancing and other measures was the first line with everyone having a part to play

Anne Johnson argued that clear and consistent messages from the govt were essential on what the 'rules' are and she and I both emphasised importance of rebuilding trust and consent with the public using credible messengers

John Bell was enthusiastic about mass testing in Liverpool and expressed confidence in the use of new rapid tests and their accuracy @DPH_MAshton

finally the evidence underlined that TT&I should be designed and delivered as an integrated programme with each element working closely with all the others @KateAlvanley

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