Lambeth Council has become the first London borough to bring all Covid-19 contact tracing inhouse in a new pilot scheme launched this week. The council has recruited and trained new teams of tracers to work with residents to quickly and effectively track contacts who may have been exposed to the virus. 

The new “Local 0” scheme will mean residents who have tested positive for Covid-19 will be contacted by a local contact tracer instead of NHS Test and Trace. It will drastically reduce the amount of time required to track cases and provide a more efficient response to further outbreaks if they arise.

Lambeth’s involvement in the Local 0 pilot follows the council carrying out two separate enhanced testing programmes after single cases of the Covid-19 variant first detected in South Africa were found here in West Norwood and Oval. Read more here on the Love Lambeth website.