Apple and Google labelled ‘disgraceful’ over Government app U-turn
The head of one NHS Foundation Trust said the Government should not be blamed for changing their plans on developing a contact-tracing app.
The head of one NHS Foundation Trust said the Government should not be blamed for changing their plans on developing a contact-tracing app.
Coronavirus-infected patients also ‘don’t seem as sick, on average, as they were’ says trust chief executive.
The PA news agency looks at where the Government has missed targets and backtracked during the coronavirus crisis.
Official records show contracts awarded to firms to help develop the now abandoned NHSX-built app were worth £11,297,811.
The Robert Koch Institute listed 770 new confirmed cases, taking the country’s total to 188,534.
The Yorkshire Post and the Western Mail were among the big winners.
A timeline of the app’s main developments and obstacles since the start of April.
Disadvantaged pupils will be given funding for personal tutors to help them recover lost ground.
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The failure of the coronavirus contact tracing app is not the first time the Government has changed course on tech-related matters.
No date has been set for the rollout of the app, despite Matt Hancock having previously said it would be available in mid-May.
After weeks of testing its own approach on the Isle of Wight, NHSX will now use the method developed by Apple and Google.
Efforts are now to be targeted on developing a programme to support the NHS Test and Trace service based on the Google-Apple model.
Nine out of 10 contacts of those who are being reached are being traced, figures show.
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