How NHS Test and Trace is working to stop the spread of Covid-19
NHS Test and Trace is designed to stop the spread of coronavirus and it’s working. Everyone with symptoms can be tested quickly and for free to find out if they have the virus.
Response to Channel 4 Dispatches
This evening, Channel 4’s Dispatches will air claims about the government's response to coronavirus. At every stage, we've been guided by the advice of experts from SAGE. You can read their advice here. The Department of Health and Social Care …
DHSC response to misleading Guardian coverage on contact tracers
The Guardian has today published claims about the recruitment process and training of contact tracers. Contact tracers are crucial to the government’s response to the worst pandemic in a hundred years. The test and trace team will work to reduce …
DHSC response to misleading Guardian and ITV News coverage on pandemic stockpile
The Guardian and ITV News have reported false, inaccurate and misleading claims about the management of the pandemic influenza stockpile and its subsequent deployment. We have been clear that the pandemic influenza stockpile has always been readily deployable. It has …
Response to Channel 4 News report on the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan (PIPP)
A report broadcast on the 7th May by Channel 4 News about the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan (PIPP) contained several misleading claims. Please find our response below. A Government spokesperson said: “The UK is one of the most prepared countries …
A testing target: why does the 100k target matter?
By UK National Testing Strategy Coordinator Professor John Newton As the Evening Standard commented yesterday “when the Health Secretary promised that 100,000 people a day would be tested for coronavirus by the end of this month, it looked an impossible goal.” I …
Response to media reports on NHS Nightingale
Several media reports running today about NHS Nightingale are misleading. There is no shortage of nurses and all coronavirus patients who need treatment are being treated in existing London hospitals. NHS Nightingale has been set up to treat patients if …
Response to Sunday Times Insight article
A Government spokesman said: ‘This article contains a series of falsehoods and errors and actively misrepresents the enormous amount of work which was going on in government at the earliest stages of the Coronavirus outbreak.’ ‘This is an unprecedented global …
This blog has been reactivated
We haven't posted anything for a while but our blog is live again so that we can post on the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. We will now use it to post content in response to media stories on coronavirus, which will …
Government publishes FAQs on State Backed Indemnity for General Practice
The Department of Health and Social Care is working to deliver a state-backed indemnity scheme from April 2019. We have provided answers to some FAQs below. The final details of the scheme remain subject to ongoing discussions with partners including …
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