United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 119983
Care Homes: Coronavirus
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24 November 2020
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8 March 2021 · Answer
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8 March 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of prioritising the use of lateral flow testing for COVID-19 for (a) staff, (b) residents and (c) visitors of care homes to allow safe visi
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24 November 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of prioritising the use of lateral flow testing for COVID-19 for (a) staff, (b) residents and (c) visitors of care homes to allow safe visi
Source: Commons
8 March 2021
Answer
Care home residents are able to access monthly polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests. Staff are able to access weekly PCR testing, as well as twice weekly rapid lateral flow device (LFD) testing to identify and isolate positive cases. Testing for visitors...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-11-24/119983
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1255057
- uk · wq-1255057 · source updated 8 March 2021