08 June 2020
The UK's proposed "test and trace" system may be inaccessible to those who do not pass credit checks or who do not want them carried out.
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"Disadvantaged groups may be excluded from the government’s online coronavirus test and trace system because it requires a credit reference database check to decide whether to deliver a home test, HSJ can reveal.
The online application process for a postal test overseen as part of the service uses a credit check company – TransUnion – to verify applicants’ identity, HSJ has confirmed. It is not a credit check and will not affect people’s credit score.
However, people who do not pass the checks carried out by the firm – or don’t want them to be carried out – are being told they need to apply instead for a drive-through test, which for many will make it difficult or impossible."
UK: Revealed: online covid tests refused to those not on credit check database (Health Service Journal, link)
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