Coronavirus: Screening
(asked on 26th April 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many free covid-19 rapid lateral flow tests were provided by the NHS for people who work in healthcare or adult social care in each month since 1 April 2022.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The following table shows the monthly breakdown of how many free COVID-19 lateral flow tests were provided in England only for National Health Service workers and adult social care.
LFD test volume | Adult social care workers (millions) | NHS workers (millions) |
April 2022 | 9.8 | 4.9 |
May 2022 | 3.7 | 1.8 |
June 2022 | 3.0 | 2.2 |
July 2022 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
August 2022 | 3.6 | 2.0 |
September 2022 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
October 2022 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
November 2022 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
December 2022 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
January 2023 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
February 2023 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
March 2023 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
Financial year 22/23 | 33.7 | 23.6 |