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<p>NHS Test and Trace works closely with local authorities as a ‘team of teams’ to
further improve the United Kingdom’s response to COVID-19. A list of the participating
councils is attached.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently running two pilots. The ‘Local-0
Pilot’, where local authorities are provided positive cases to trace, bypassing the
National Contact centre. There are 130 local authorities who participated. The pilot
has been evaluated and the service is currently being strengthened to make it available
for all local authorities should they wish to participate and have the resources available.</p><p>
</p><p>The ‘Non-Household Contacts Pilot(s)’ is providing non-household contacts to
local authorities, where the National Contact Centre have been unable to reach them.
These pilots were with a very small number of local authorities but showed promising
results. As such the pilots will be expanded to a wider group and evaluated further.
The outcome of these will determine whether this is to be offered to local authorities
as a standard service, for those who express interest in this and have the resource
capacity to support it and maintain an agreed service standard.</p>
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