Coronavirus: Screening

(asked on 9th March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to offer free covid-19 test kits to workplaces with less than 50 members of staff to assist with the covid-19 secure reopening of businesses.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 16th March 2021

Businesses of all sizes, including those with fewer than 50 employees, can now register to order free lateral flow tests for their employees.

We have launched an online portal on GOV.UK for businesses to find out more about offering rapid workplace testing and order free tests. Businesses should register to order lateral flow tests if they have workers working in England who cannot work from home. Businesses will need to register by 31 March and free tests will currently be provided until the end of June. The online portal is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/get-workplace-coronavirus-tests

All local authorities have also signed up to offer rapid lateral flow testing in the community through local asymptomatic test sites. Small businesses can direct workers to these test sites if rapid workplace testing is unavailable.

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