NHS contact-tracing app Archives

31 March 2023

The NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app is to be discontinued on 27 April 2023 following a steady decline in the number

4 March 2021

A developer of the NHS Covid-19 app has said it is a “highly effective” tool to help control the spread

2 November 2020

The NHS Covid-19 App was set at the wrong sensitivity meaning users were not sent self-isolation alerts after they came

30 October 2020

Through developing its own ‘federated server’ the Scottish government is ultimately hoping to allow interoperability of all contact-tracing apps in

28 September 2020

Some six million people downloaded the NHS Covid-19 app on the first day it was launched, the Department of Health

25 September 2020

This month’s mobile apps round up features the news NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG renewed a contract to provide

24 September 2020

After months of uncertainty the NHS contact-tracing app has today launched in England and Wales, allow users to check their

22 September 2020

Some £25 million is expected to be spent on the new app, while £10 million was spent developing the original

18 September 2020

Managing director of the app Simon Thompson said trials were 'encouraging' but did not provide figures on the number of

11 September 2020

The contact-tracing app offers QR code check-in capability, allows users to book a free test and has an isolation countdown

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