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Covid-19: Testing Kits for Care Homes

Tuesday 23 June 2020 · 1 question

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Key points

  • Ministerial Questions took place on 2020-06-23 regarding Covid-19 testing kits for care homes
  • Sir David Amess questioned the progress in delivering testing kits to care homes
  • The response indicated a rolling programme for testing and prioritised whole-home testing upon referral by local health teams

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Questions & Answers

Q1 David Amess Con Southend West
NHS
Context

Discusses progress on delivering test kits for care home staff and residents.

Question

What progress has been made by the Department in delivering covid-19 testing kits to care homes? Recently, a care home in my constituency had an outbreak and was not eligible for further testing after initial whole-home tests were conducted. Is this correct?

Answer from Helen Whately (Member of Parliament)

There is a rolling programme to test for covid-19 in care homes. When a new outbreak occurs, the local health protection team should be contacted for initial testing of symptomatic residents. The national testing team can then prioritise further whole-home testing upon referral by the local health protection team or director of public health.

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