Corporate report

NHS Test and Trace business plan

Sets out how NHS Test and Trace will work to prevent coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission, enabling people to return towards a more normal way of life.

From:
UK Health Security Agency
Published
10 December 2020
Last updated
11 February 2021 — See all updates
This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

NHS Test and Trace business plan

PDF, 262 KB, 32 pages

Details

As part of the government’s COVID-19 winter plan, NHS Test and Trace has set out a new business plan for the next phase of the service.

The plan sets out the approach, working with Public Health England, NHS England and partners, to disrupt and prevent COVID-19 transmission, protect people’s health and enable people to return to a more normal way of life.

February 2021 update

The Rὺm statistical model, mentioned in the business plan, produced estimates for October 2020 that testing, tracing and self-isolation (on symptom onset or following contact by NHS Test and Trace) could have reduced the R number by around 0.3 to 0.6.

Updates to this page

Published 10 December 2020
Last updated 11 February 2021 + show all updates

  1. Added update in 'details' section on the predictions produced by the Rὺm statistical model for October 2020.

  2. First published.

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