NHSX ‘working on second tracing app using Apple and Google tech’
Talks have reportedly intensified between NHSX and Apple and Google, including how the NHS might change its course on contact-tracing.
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Talks have reportedly intensified between NHSX and Apple and Google, including how the NHS might change its course on contact-tracing.
A rapid review will analyse thousands of existing health records of patients who have had coronavirus as well as data on health outcomes for NHS staff.
NHSX has always maintain that data would be deleted if a user chose to remove the app, but a spokesperson has confirmed some will be retained for research.
Dr Ian Levy acknowledged there’s a reidentification risk with tracing technologies but said the NHS app doesn’t collect enough data to endanger privacy.
Modules from an analytical command centre set up at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay have been adopted across seven London NHS trusts.
As the NHS contact-tracing app is rolled out across the Isle of Wight this week, Digital Health News is asking for reader’s opinions on the technology.Â