Test and Protect contract - sparking job chaos for hundreds of staff - has been handed back a new £4million deal. Pursuit Marketing in Glasgow previously handled a £10million contract for the NHS service but had to transfer operations and around 600 staff to two new companies at short notice when it lost out on a £60m renewed deal five months ago.
Now the firm has won an additional contract to provide around 300 staff assisting the National Contact Centre.Around 30% of the contact tracing workforce is currently made up of privately-contracted workers.
The First Minister previously denied tracing was being outsourced and Health Secretary Jeane Freeman said in March there would be a “significant reduction” in private sector involvement as.
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