Matt Hancock: Data issue with coronavirus cases 'should never have happened'
Matt Hancock: Data issue with coronavirus cases 'should never have happened'

Data issues that stopped almost 16,000 coronavirus cases being recorded inEngland - delaying contact tracing efforts - should “never have happened”, theHealth Secretary has said.

Matt Hancock told MPs that a technical problem overthe weekend occurred with the system “that brings together” data from NHS testsites and tests processed by commercial firms.