Dido Harding

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28 June 2021

Sajid Javid faces ‘huge task’ on digital and data in NHS

Sajid Javid has been appointed as health secretary at a time when the use of data and technology in the
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27 October 2020

McKinsey pockets Ā£600k for seven-week review into NHS tech leadership

A heavily redacted contract does not disclose details of the services required of McKinsey or the key people involved in
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20 October 2020

Dido Harding assures no risk to patient data during Excel error

Baroness Dido Harding said there was ā€œat no time any risk to patient dataā€, adding that it is kept securely
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15 October 2020

Dido Harding questioned on safety standards of using Microsoft Excel

It comes as nearly 16,000 Covid-19 cases went unreported between 25 September and 2 October, reportedly due to an error
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12 October 2020

Dido Harding faces calls to ‘consider her position’ in Test and Trace

Dido Harding is the executive chair of NHS Test and Trace and interim chair of of the newly announced Health
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22 September 2020

Total cost of NHS contact-tracing app set to top Ā£35 million

Some Ā£25 million is expected to be spent on the new app, while Ā£10 million was spent developing the original
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26 August 2020

McKinsey bags Ā£560k deciding “vision” for new NHS Test and Trace body

A recently published contract revealed McKinsey was paid Ā£563,400 for work focused on ā€œcreating a permanent organisationā€ to take Test
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18 August 2020

Dido Harding appointed interim chief of new health institute

Baroness Dido Harding, who heads NHS Test and Trace, said the new institute puts the UK in the ā€œstrongest positionā€
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NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app
13 August 2020

Covid-19: New trial for England’s revamped NHS contact-tracing app

A trial for the new look NHS contact-tracing app has been launched today after NHSX abandoned its initial version in
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NHS Contact-Tracing App
25 June 2020

NHSX ‘knew contact-tracing app wouldn’t work on iPhones in April’

Apple and Google's APIs only work with a decentralised system, which leaves many iPhones incompatible with the NHS centralised contact-tracing
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