News Town Hall to launch local contact-tracing network to make up for national system’s ‘shortfall’ Council staff to be trained up and tasked with finding the people who have not been traced Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter
News Coronavirus: Local test and trace service coming to Hackney Borough one of 11 in the UK at the forefront of the roll-out after challenging Whitehall to give local authorities bigger role in crisis response Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter
News Public health experts left in dark by government on local contact-tracing City & Hackney’s public health director says ‘confusing’ plans mean she cannot confirm ‘what we have been asked to do, when we are going to start, or what resources are required’ Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter
News Coronavirus: Local politicians challenge government to trial contact-tracing and testing in Hackney Local MPs and mayor tell health secretary Matt Hancock he could do with a ‘bit more Shoreditch and less Whitehall’ in his approach Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter
