Submitted on Friday 7th August 2020
Rejected on Friday 4th September 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Relevant Departments
Fund local health authorities to organise & carry out their own test and trace.
Put funding into the various health authorities so that they can minimise the current delays by utilising local knowledge of the area to tackle the problem fast.
Centralising this vital part of reducing the rate of transmission of Covid-19 is not helping to get on top of the Test, Trace, Isolate and Support strategy that is pivotal to reducing the rising R-rate. Paying vast sums to one company isn’t working. Local authorities and the various local government departments know theIr areas and the likeliest potential hot spots.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The Government announced on 11 June that funds were being allocated to local authorities to support test and trace:
www.gov.uk/government/news/local-authorities-across-england-receive-funding-to-support-new-test-and-trace-service
On 10 August the Government announced that NHS Test and Trace and Public Health England will extend its partnership with local authorities to reach more people testing positive and their contacts: www.gov.uk/government/news/nhs-test-and-trace-service-to-strengthen-regional-contact-tracing
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