You'll have to explain which part is not true, please.
The I phone reference, is an update, opposed to a brand new handset but, apart from that, it's all good.

And, it's certainly still some way from "World beating"

Could be that the term Great Britain,which only refers to England,Scotland and Wales.
Or it could be the "it doesn't work" in Scotland/Northern Ireland,which reads like thats a problem with the app - which isn't true.

You got it

They do work individually but, this is not the case when you cross from say, England to Scotland or England to N. Ireland.
You can start again in the "new" country but, if your work / travel involves crossing the borders there is a problem.

Perhaps I should have gone into more detail with the original post.

Anything to say about the latest on our "world beating" test and trace debacle.
Not only have they missed 16,000 positive tests but, it seems that even if you live with someone who has downloaded the app and has tested positive, you are informed that you're still good to move around "freely".

Come on our kid, pick the fault with this one.

The whole ****ing COVID response reliant on a spreadsheet created as xls rather than xlsx. Unbelievable.

This is not the first major issue with an Excel spreadsheet - sadly their use in high level projection outcomes is far too prevalent - a case of where a little knowledge is dangerous.

Are the NHS still using very old versions of Windows?

The NHS is on Windows 10 now.

I could understand that on critical equipment e.g. MRI scanners but not normal day to day activity - surely

It's crazy to blame excel for the problem.
Who wrote the bloody software and who doled out the contract to such an inept organisation.

There is a common theme running all through the pandemic response and clearly, those "in charge" are just not up to the job.
Our PM proclaimed IN JUNE that we had a WORLD BEATING system.

It the Tories were in charge of broadband, we'd all be on dial up and being told just how good it was

I appreciate you think all this should be under public control and it is easy to push the blame. We don't know what the government have asked for - the bods at PHE a public body have hardly covered themselves in glory.

I would agree the government's handling of the pandemic has been shoddy but it hasn't been helped by the poor standards of the public sector supporting it.

35 organisations are listed as “data processors” involved in the NHS Test and Trace system but only 4 are NHS bodies. 4 are Lighthouse Labs. A further 4 are Public Health England bodies and another is the Ministry of Defence. The remaining 22 are private companies.