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With Serco’s contact tracing contract ending on May 17, JOAN TWELVES explains why now is the time to apply pressure for it not to be renewed

UK Study Finds Low Adherence to COVID-19 Self-Isolation Rules A major study has found that adherence to COVID-19 self-isolation rules is low in the UK, raising concerns about the effectiveness of the government’s test-and-trace system. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, was based on 37 nationally representative surveys involving 53,880 participants in the UK, conducted between March 2, 2020, to Jan. 27, 2021. It found that only 51.5 percent of the respondents could identify the main symptoms of COVID-19, which is caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Just 18 p...

Clinical commissioning groups demonstrate the highs and the lows of the staff survey. The high was South Tyneside CCG, where 19 out of 20 staff would recommend it as a place to work – the highest level of any NHS organisation in the 2020 staff survey and a remarkable achievement by any measure. The low was undoubtedly Kent and Medway CCG, where only 42.9 per cent would give the same recommendation. It was beaten to bottom place by East of England Ambulance Services Trust on 40.4 per cent. Not all CCGs take part in the staff survey – less than half did this year – and some of those that ...

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has defended NHS Test and Trace, which could end up costing the taxpayer £37 billion, after MPs said there was "no clear evidence" it cut coronavirus infections.