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Re:Missing Covid-19 test data was caused by the ill-thought-... by politelemon on Monday October 05, 2020 @05:07PM (#24692060)
They had a budget of GBP 36 million. It's pretty bad.
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Re:Missing Covid-19 test data was caused by the ill-thought-... by lozf on Monday October 05, 2020 @05:45PM (#24692394)
Serco received 45.8 Million in March (not disclosed until April), and I'm pretty sure they've had more since.
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Re:Missing Covid-19 test data was caused by the ill-thought-... by jl6 on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @03:15AM (#24695402)
What’s your source for that budget? The error was by PHE, not Serco.
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Re:Missing Covid-19 test data was caused by the ill-thought-... by gpmcadam on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @04:31AM (#24695763)
You need to back that number up with real facts, as this article is regarding the PHE handling of reporting.
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