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GPs and local health services should be handed the keys to run the NHS test and trace system, as their ‘local expertise’ and knowledge will mean they ‘can do a better job’, an MP has said.
Speaking in a House of Commons debate this week, Labour MP Catherine McKinnell said the current privately-managed system ‘is not working’, with ‘billions of pounds being poured into a system that has sidelined existing local expertise in primary care’.
The representative for Newcastle upon Tyne North, said: ‘Winter is approaching and GPs will be the people who can see the overlap in Covid symptoms such as fever and a dry cough, and the classic flu symptoms of fatigue, sore throat and headaches.’
She added that cooperation between local health services and authorities is the best way to control infectious diseases, and outbreaks in Newcastle universities were identified based on local intelligence and knowledge.
Ms McKinnell also suggested that primary care networks across England would be best placed to deliver a Covid-19 vaccine, if and when one becomes available.
managementinpractice.com
Speaking in a House of Commons debate this week, Labour MP Catherine McKinnell said the current privately-managed system ‘is not working’, with ‘billions of pounds being poured into a system that has sidelined existing local expertise in primary care’.
The representative for Newcastle upon Tyne North, said: ‘Winter is approaching and GPs will be the people who can see the overlap in Covid symptoms such as fever and a dry cough, and the classic flu symptoms of fatigue, sore throat and headaches.’
She added that cooperation between local health services and authorities is the best way to control infectious diseases, and outbreaks in Newcastle universities were identified based on local intelligence and knowledge.
Ms McKinnell also suggested that primary care networks across England would be best placed to deliver a Covid-19 vaccine, if and when one becomes available.
MP calls for GPs to run NHS test and trace system
GPs should be handed the keys to run the NHS test and trace system, as their ‘local expertise’ and knowledge will mean they ‘can do a better job’, an MP has said.
managementinpractice.com