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		</div><p>The British Government has defended its position on track and trace, after NHS leaders warned that action to control the future spread of coronavirus is coming late in the day.</p>
<p>UK Security minister James Brokenshire said he remains “<i>confident</i>” that a test, track and trace system will be in place by June 1 – the earliest date by which primary schools in England and some non-essential shops will reopen.</p>
<p>However, Mr Brokenshire admitted the NHS app would not be ready in time and suggested “<i>technical issues</i>” were behind its hold-up, just over a week after British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said it would be rolled out across England in “<i>mid-May</i>”.</p>
<p>It comes as the NHS Confederation issued a stark warning that time is running out to finalise a track and trace strategy to avoid a potential second surge of Covid-19.</p>
<p>Niall Dickson, chief executive of the body which represents health and care leaders, has written to Mr Hancock saying there could be “<i>severe</i>” consequences to staff and patients if the right system is not put in place quickly.</p>
<p>He added that the lockdown should not be eased further until a clear plan is in place, which must involve local leaders with experience in contact tracing.</p>
<p>In the letter, he said: <i>“We are 10 weeks into the pandemic, and developing a strategy with a well-worked-through local base should have been in place much sooner.</i></p>
<p><i>“If we do not rapidly instigate the right system, involving the right people, then the ramifications for the NHS, including its staff and its patients, could be severe.”</i></p>
<p>Mr Dickson told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme the detail was coming too late and urged the Government to “<i>get on</i>” with it.</p>
<p>He said: “<i>We are absolutely clear that contact tracing is the right thing to do, it is absolutely critical, it has got to be in place to prevent any notion of a second surge if the lockdown is being further released.</i></p>
<p><i>“I think, like everyone else, we support the Government’s determination to set up an effective system.</i></p>
<p><i>“Our concern is that this has been done quite late in the day, we haven’t yet seen the detail.</i></p>
<p><i>“In particular, I think we’re concerned at the role of local contact tracing and how that complements what is happening at national level.</i></p>
<p><i>“The directors of public health have expressed concern at not being involved until very recently.”</i></p>
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