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The NHS Test and Trace service integrates testing, contact tracking, and outbreak management into an end-to-end service to stop the spread of viruses and help you escape lockdowns. This is at the heart of the UK Government’s coronavirus recovery strategy, and in a safe and secure way to protect NHS and social care, it will help as many people as possible get their lives back to normal. The main purpose of NHS testing and tracing is to control reproduction rates, reduce the spread of the virus and save lives.

How NHS Tests and Traces Contact You

We will get back to you by email, text or phone.

The email will be sent from NHS Test and Trace.

Text messages are sent by NH Stracing.

The phone will arrive from 0300 0135000.

Positive lab test data will automatically contact people at COVID-19 by text or email, log in to the system and provide a variety of information about where they were and who they met with. Invite them to be sent to the contact tracking system. Persons with confirmed COVID-19 may, for example, call a medical professional if they are not able to use the web-based system, have only landline phones, are under the age of 18, or are not responding to emails or texts. It costs. If a person with COVID-19 works or visits places such as nursing homes, school hospitals, or prisons, this can be considered for escalation to health care professionals in Public Health United Kingdom (PHE). When a person at COVID-19 enters their recent contact details (or a health care professional enters the details instead), those contacts receive a text or email notification, explaining the need for self-isolation. And then use a web-based system to receive more information.

When a contact logs in, he/she will be provided with appropriate health advice, such as what to do if a symptom occurs. The call handler will follow up with contacts who cannot be reached by text or email. As the NHS Test and Trace service progresses, ask people with COVID-19 symptoms to use a web-based system from the moment you order the test, so that their contact information is readily available. We are considering the feasibility of. Positive results are confirmed or test results are delayed. The UK government says the NHS Test and Trace service will protect families, friends, colleagues and communities. It’s here to keep us all safe. Before the vaccine was found to beat coronaviruses, contact tracking was the most effective way to control the spread of the virus, saying it is used worldwide along with social distance and hygiene measures.

Important Message: NHS test and trace messages on the main street sign.

Everyone must play their part

To prevent the spread of coronaviruses, everyone should play their part by isolating if they have any symptoms, scheduling a test as soon as possible, and identifying close contacts when requested.

· People who are symptomatic should book a test as soon as possible at nhs.uk/coronavirus or by calling 119.

Symptoms are high temperature or new persistent cough, or loss or change of smell or taste.

• If you have any symptoms, or the NHS Test and Trace prompts you to do so, you should quarantine.

-If you get a positive response, share information about your recent close contacts with NHS Test and Trace.

Case Study

Sarah Hartle

Sarah Hartle has been studying becoming a dental hygienist in Manchester for almost three years, and on Monday, March 23, she was finally qualified and ready to start her new career. But soon Britain was blocked. 34 years old (below) said: I’ve been studying since 2018 and it all reached this but now I don’t get anything, no way to earn, suddenly two young children go out of school. “

“Then I received this email from a professional dental council and asked medical professionals to join the virtual front. At first glance, being an NHS Clinical Contact caseworker was perfect for me. “I was able to choose my own time to work from home, so I work from 8am to noon on weekdays and at the children’s school in the afternoon. I was able to help my work and I could do a couple of 8 hours shifts over the weekends a couple of times.” Sarah said this job is challenging and people of all kinds suffer in isolation. He says he turned his attention to the ways in which he could do it. She said: “One woman told me: “This made me feel so good, would you call me every day?” “I just ask someone to ask.” I can’t understand what they are doing, but I can give them a platform where they can blow their frustrations and talk about anxiety, and all they do is okay I can tell them there is something.

Much of it is about security. “One of my first cases was a poor mother whose family had the virus and she seemed very guilty about it. The whole family had a positive response to it. -Dad, toddler, and little baby, and I was very sick of it, convinced she gave them all, “She was so emotional and she needed some support Her partner couldn’t get out of bed. He was so sick and the whole family was really struggling. “They were all isolated and she told someone Of course, I told her that it was okay if the whole family didn’t eat properly: “I not only discuss medical symptoms and advice. “We also discuss emotionally and provide emotional support.” And we also inform them of the practical support there is, such as whether the council can help the grocery store,” Sarah said. , Says the two phones are not the same, so there is no typical day as a Clinical Contact Case worker.

Some users need very little help and can respond very quickly, while others need a lot of time and attention. She said: “On a busy day I might call 8 or 9 times in an 8 hour shift. You can sometimes complete by taking all the details, but then they have tea You’ll spend an extra 30 minutes on the phone talking about what you have for! What people need when they’re so suddenly isolated is their human interaction. “

NHS contact tracking was published on May 28th. From June 11th to 17th:

6,923 Those who were positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) transferred the case to a contact tracking system.

70.3% Out of these were reached and asked to provide recent close contact details.

1,791 Could not reach person (25.9%). An additional 263 people (3.8%) could not be contacted at all because no communication details were provided.

30,286 Between June 11 and 17, people were identified as close contacts. Of these, 24,734 (81.7%) were reached and were asked to self-isolate.