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Durham County Council has passed a vote of no confidence in the Test and Trace system
The councillor, who also chairs the county’s Health and Wellbeing Board, criticised the performance of test and trace and the impact on local outbreak control arrangements.
Councillor John Robinson seconded the motion and said investment into private companies to operate testing and contact tracing had left local health professionals with challenges.
This included “lack of access to timely data, slow turnaround of testing and national call handlers dealing with residents who have tested positive.”
However, the proposals for a vote of no confidence prompted warnings from opposition councillors, with some fearing the motion could be perceived as an attack on NHS staff.
Durham County Council rejects calls for inquiry for second time after 450 Covid care home deaths
450 people have so far died of Covid-related factors in County Durham care homes, the highest in the North East
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