Calls for review after error in Covid-19 test result text messages

Calls for review after error in Covid-19 test result text messages
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Wed, 12 Aug, 2020 - 07:28
Digital Desk staff and Vivienne Clarke

There are calls for a review after a technology error caused problems with Covid-19 test results last week.

Some patients got text messages saying they had tested negative but the details of when their tests took place were inaccurate.

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