Policy paper

Developing NHS Test and Trace: business plan

Sets out the next steps in the development of the NHS Test and Trace service and priorities for the next 3 to 6 months.

From:
Department of Health and Social Care
Published
30 July 2020

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This has been superseded by the NHS Test and Trace business plan published on 10 December 2020.

Applies to England

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Breaking chains of COVID-19 transmission to help people return to more normal lives: developing the NHS Test and Trace service

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NHS Test and Trace brings together testing, contact tracing and outbreak management into an end-to-end service to help prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), protect local communities and save lives.

Informed by the best scientific advice, the NHS Test and Trace business plan sets out ambitions to:

  • double daily COVID-19 testing capacity to 500,000 by the end of October
  • test 150,000 at-risk people without symptoms per day by September
  • increase testing sites to more than 500 across the country by October
  • introduce an app to support the NHS Test and Trace service
  • have 100,000 people participating in research studies into COVID-19 immunity by September
  • drive world-leading research into antibodies and immunity to help improve our understanding of the virus and our ability to contain it
  • support local councils to refine and improve their local outbreak control plans and ensure they have the capacity and capability to implement those plans
Published 30 July 2020

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