Written question asked by Rachael Maskell (Labour) on Monday, 8 June 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 June 2020 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Thursday, 11 June 2020. A substantive answer was provided by Nadine Dorries (Conservative) on Tuesday, 16 June 2020 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Contact Tracing: Software
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the (a) risks and (b) shortcomings in relation to the covid-19 tracing app being trialled on the Isle of Wight.
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The purpose of the Isle of Wight phase is to understand the effectiveness of the Test and Trace programme ahead of the full roll-out to the rest of the United Kingdom and to improve the user experience of the National Health Service COVID-19 app.
We have worked quickly to build the NHS COVID-19 app because that is what the situation demands. But we have not let that urgency compromise our commitment to transparency, ethics and the law. We are also taking technical assurance very seriously, with an independent ethics advisory board ensuring that the NHS COVID-19 app we deliver will be stable, resilient, secure, performant, highly usable and above all effective in the fight against COVID-19.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 56064
- Session
- 2019-21
- Subjects
- Software Isle of Wight NHS Pilot schemes Mobile phones Coronavirus Contact tracing
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