NHS test/trace on site

Carian replied on 16/10/2020 20:04

Posted on 16/10/2020 20:04

Well, I've just had the email saying we have to register with the nhs test and trace app when arriving on site. As a couple we own standard old school phones which don't have the app facility so are we now discriminated against and can't enjoy our hobby?

LLM replied on 17/10/2020 21:14

Posted on 17/10/2020 21:03 by Wherenext

The email and information page that it leads you to isn't very good at explaining things. The club is dreadful at Communicating their message in the same way as their website is third rate and some of their working practices haven't evolved from the 1950s. 

The point made on the information page does seem to indicate that all members would have to sign in and use the NHS app whereas the reality is that you should use it if you have the app installed, if not then someone with a Quill and Ink pot to hand will take your details.

Posted on 17/10/2020 21:14

if not then someone with a Quill and Ink pot to hand will take your details.

Would it be reasonable to assume that the members details will be on the CAMC's fantastic IT system so recording details on parchment is probably OTT?

Takethedogalong replied on 17/10/2020 21:17

Posted on 17/10/2020 21:12 by JVB66

 Who advises the App companies to upgrade?

would it be the company who administer it? 

Serco maybesurprised

Posted on 17/10/2020 21:17

That would be a question for Dido Queen of Carnage......

Takethedogalong replied on 17/10/2020 21:20

Posted on 17/10/2020 21:14 by LLM

if not then someone with a Quill and Ink pot to hand will take your details.

Would it be reasonable to assume that the members details will be on the CAMC's fantastic IT system so recording details on parchment is probably OTT?

Posted on 17/10/2020 21:20

This is the CAMC don’t forget.......assume nothing🤣

Wherenext replied on 17/10/2020 21:24

Posted on 17/10/2020 21:18 by LLM
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Posted on 17/10/2020 21:24

It's much better than that LLM. She's the Overlord appointed by BJ to bring the World Beating Service to us plebs (and I hope that's just a typo in your reply.)

SteveL replied on 17/10/2020 21:37

Posted on 17/10/2020 21:12 by JVB66

 Who advises the App companies to upgrade?

would it be the company who administer it? 

Serco maybesurprised

Posted on 17/10/2020 21:37

As I understand it the tracking bit of the App was developed by Apple and Google and is built into the operating system of the phones. Hence the reason why anything before the iPhone 6 will not work, as it is not capable of running the latest operating systems. The NHS bit is just the front end, it provides general information, including the risk level for your input post code, QR code scanning and the input of test results / quarantine clock. So the basic guts of the App are down to Google and Apple the rest is just bells and whistles.

Takethedogalong replied on 17/10/2020 21:50

Posted on 17/10/2020 21:18 by LLM
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Posted on 17/10/2020 21:50

Dido weaves a tangled web, but in a nutshell is a Uni friend of David Cameron, was in charge of TalkTalk at the time of the phone hacking scandal, was part of the Cheltenham Festival board that managed to make sure this super spreader event went ahead in March, was part of the now defunct Public Health England, and now heads up the NHS Track and Trace effort. Effort being an overstatement.

The CEO of Serco is Rupert Soames. His brother is Nicholas Soames, Tory MP. Grandfather was Churchill, sometimes a Tory MP, sometimes a Liberal. Serco gets lots and lots of Government contracts, notorious on occasion for b@llsing things up rather badly, but nevertheless considered a safe pair of hands to oversee the most sensitive initiative in terms of keeping the population of England and Wales safe.

Make of all that what you will. On the bright side, Failing Grayling isn’t the Minister for Anything at the moment, so some spark of hope......😂

brue replied on 17/10/2020 21:56

Posted on 17/10/2020 21:56

Forget about Serco JVB, they are involved in some track and trace facilities but as Steve says, not the app.

LLM replied on 17/10/2020 22:48

Posted on 17/10/2020 22:48

Not compulsory but worth a punt laughing.

LLM replied on 18/10/2020 07:59

Posted on 18/10/2020 07:59

A while back I heard on the radio that 2,000 Track 'n Trace staff have been laid off.  The number would have been higher but they [Serco?] were unable to contact them.

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