Contact Tracing: Computer Software

(asked on 29th April 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with developers working on the NHS covid-19 app on creating a decentralised and anonymised contact tracing system built on (a) DP-3T and (b) other similar systems.


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Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 7th May 2020

The contact tracing app being developed by NHSX is designed, alongside effective tracing and testing, to give our country the confidence it needs to return to normality. We have worked with a range of experts - scientists, doctors, security experts and privacy groups to decide on an appropriate model for the app - one which will save lives while maintaining the privacy of users. Adopting a 'centralised' approach will ensure we are able to react quickly to changes in scientific advice and let people know quickly if they are at risk from contracting COVID-19 more quickly. At the same time, the National Health Service benefits from vital information about the spread of COVID-19. This will play a major part in protecting the health of others and getting the country back to normal in a controlled way, as restrictions ease.

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