Coronavirus: Disease Control

(asked on 20th April 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeframe is for testing people on their discharge from hospital following treatment for covid-19 to ensure that they are no longer able to transmit covid-19; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 28th April 2020

The Government has published guidance on infection control precautions and discharging of COVID-19 patients which can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-stepdown-of-infection-control-precautions-within-hospitals-and-discharging-covid-19-patients-from-hospital-to-home-settings/guidance-for-stepdown-of-infection-control-precautions-and-discharging-covid-19-patients

All patients being discharged to a care home will be tested prior to discharge to ascertain their COVID-19 status. More information can be found in the COVID-19: adult social care action plan, which is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-adult-social-care-action-plan

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