Dido Harding won't get paid to run Matt Hancock's new replacement for Public Health England, the Mirror has learned. The Tory peer has also been working as head of the NHS Test and Trace programme on a voluntary basis.
Other than a £25-30,000 salary as chair of NHS Improvements, Baroness Harding draws no government salary. Health Secretary Matt Hancock today appointed Baroness Harding to oversee his carve-up of Public Health England and the formation of the new National Institute for Health Protection (NIHP).
Under Baroness Harding’s leadership, NHS Test and Trace has seen many of its responsibilities shifted to local authorities. The £10bn programme, which Boris Johnson promised would be “world beating” was formed to track the spread of
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