Alerts telling app users to self-isolate drop 43% in a week, figures show
The Government has announced the app is being updated so fewer contacts will be instructed to isolate.
The Government has announced the app is being updated so fewer contacts will be instructed to isolate.
Users will be given access to therapy sessions and one-to-one chat support.
Users will be given access to therapy sessions and one-to-one chat support.
Changes do not mean the sensitivity or the risk threshold have been altered, the Department for Health and Social Care said.
Changes do not mean the sensitivity or the risk threshold have been altered, the Department for Health and Social Care said.
Nearly 15,000 people in the Black Country and Staffordshire were contacted by the NHS Covid-19 app and told to isolate in the latest week, figures reveal.
This week the Government said it was expanding its daily contact testing for front line sectors as an alternative to isolation.
This week the Government said it was expanding its daily contact testing for front line sectors as an alternative to isolation.
The unveiling of the new UK police memorial at the National Arboretum in Staffordshire marked an historic day for policing in this country, the chief constable of West Mercia Police has said.
The unveiling of the new UK police memorial at the National Arboretum in Staffordshire marked an historic day for policing in this country, the chief constable of West Mercia Police has said.
The Prince of Wales expressed thanks on behalf of the nation to those who ‘laid down their lives to keep us safe’.
The Prince of Wales expressed thanks on behalf of the nation to those who ‘laid down their lives to keep us safe’.
The open-air memorial in Staffordshire has been designed by Walter Jack.
A memorial service has been held in Wolverhampton to remember members of the city's Caribbean community who have died in 2020 and 2021.
Three young boys have paid their respects to the grandfather they never got to meet – on the site of a new national memorial to hero police officers killed on duty.