Dido Harding defends test and trace and says expectations too high

Dido Harding defends test and trace and says expectations too high Tory peer and former TalkTalk boss confirms she is considering applying for top job at NHS England.

Dido Harding has confirmed she could apply to lead NHS England, and has defended her much-criticised record leading the Covid test-and-trace system, saying the main issue with the service was that “expectations were set too high”.

Covid testing in the UK was now “the envy of the world”, Harding told BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. The Guardian

See also: 

• Dido Harding to head the NHS? Her position would be untenable | Polly Toynbee The Guardian
• Dido Harding ‘thinking about’ applying for NHSE chief exec job HSJ
• Dido Harding may want to be the head of the NHS but some people aren’t so keen The Independent
• Should Dido Harding end up running the NHS? The Spectator