Re:The failed rollout of Britain's covid-19 app were the res...
by DanBC on Monday June 22, 2020 @08:45AM
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It's a good article but it's a bit confused in its use of terms.
They talk about an "NHS app", but this wasn't developed by "the" NHS nor under the control of the NHS, it was developed by private companies for the Department of Health and Social Care.
This is important (for people who live and vote in England) because the NHS was saying all along that this wouldn't work and that we should just use the Google and Apple method. It was government, not NHS, who decided against that and chose to outsource development to private companies.
They talk about an "NHS app", but this wasn't developed by "the" NHS nor under the control of the NHS, it was developed by private companies for the Department of Health and Social Care.
This is important (for people who live and vote in England) because the NHS was saying all along that this wouldn't work and that we should just use the Google and Apple method. It was government, not NHS, who decided against that and chose to outsource development to private companies.