Mike Hedges welcomes Extra £15.7m to increase contact tracing workforce in Wales Speaking from his Morriston office, Local MS Mike Hedges said… ‘this is good news for Contact Tracing in Wales. The Welsh system has proved to be far more successful that the English counterpart and this is because the work has been done locally by NHS and local council staff working together; none has been outsourced to private companies with no public health experience as in England. People can sleep easier as a result of this announcement’
Welsh Labour's Health Minister, Vaughan Gething has announced an extra £15.7m to nearly double the contact tracing workforce in Wales for the winter.
The funding will increase the number of contact tracing staff in Wales from 1,800 to 3,100 in time for an expected rise in demand in December and through to the end of March. A new all-Wales team is also being set-up to support local teams when they have a surge in cases.
“Contact tracing is a vital element of our Test, Trace, Protect strategy to stop the spread of the virus,” Mr Gething said.
“The contact tracing system in Wales has performed well so far, with over 90% of contacts being traced successfully since it started.
You can read more about this announcement here.
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