Baroness Dido Harding, the former horse jockey who runs the NHS’s disastrous Test and Trace scheme, is to be handed the reigns of Public Health England’s replacement. The 52-year-old is set to be announced today as the head of the Government’s new Institute for Health Protection. Baroness Harding, former chief executive of TalkTalk, was appointed in … Read more
The chief of the NHS’s coronavirus test and trace scheme came under fire from MPs today for refusing to give any data about how the system is working. Dido Harding, the chair of NHS Improvement, was slammed by former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt when she couldn’t say how many Covid-19 tests are being completed within … Read more
There is growing fury over the decision to hand control of the NHS’ Track and Trace programme to a Tory MP’s wife also on the executive committee that allowed 260,000 people to attend the Cheltenham Festival days before lockdown began. Dido Harding sits on the board of the Jockey Club, the organisers of the world-famous horse racing … Read more