Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many healthcare workers have been tested for covid-19 to date.

The National Health Service has made testing available to all symptomatic NHS staff as a priority.

We are also testing those who are asymptomatic in specific circumstances where appropriate. For NHS workers specifically, NHS England has published guidance on when testing of this nature might be appropriate, including where an incident has taken place, an outbreak or where high prevalence has been established.